store the value in a named variable, then call the variable with the
stripslashes() function before inserting it into the DB.
a la:
$event = "St. Patrick's Day";
$event = stripslashes($event);
insert table values('$event'); ....
At 02:13 PM 1/15/2001 -0500, Timothy Wright wrote:
>Hello -
>
>I have set up a calendar database with MySQL and PHP that uses simple text
>and tinytext fields for events and event descriptions. The problem is,
>whenever I enter an event that uses an apostrophe ( St. Patrick's Day) or a
>description (4 o'clock) it stores and returns ( St. Patrick\'s Day) from the
>database. Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Tim Wright
>
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