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escape characters added to form data

Hi,
Some characters entered in the text fields of a form get an escape
character. What is the reason? How can I prevent/remove this?

Here is an example:
<form action=hello.ph p method=post>
<input type=text value=firstname >
</form>

If the user enters:
O'Hara

And I have the following file hello.php:
<? echo $_POST['firstname']; ?>

The output is
O\'Hara

Sep 23 '05 #1
3 3109
O'Hara wrote:
Hi,
Some characters entered in the text fields of a form get an escape
character. What is the reason? How can I prevent/remove this?


Problem solved.
I needed to turn off magic_quotes_gp c in /etc/php.ini

magic_quotes_gp c = Off

Sorry if this was a VFAQ.
As for the usefulness of these magic quotes...

Sep 23 '05 #2
O'Hara wrote:
O'Hara wrote:

Hi,
Some characters entered in the text fields of a form get an escape
character. What is the reason? How can I prevent/remove this?

Problem solved.
I needed to turn off magic_quotes_gp c in /etc/php.ini

magic_quotes_gp c = Off

Sorry if this was a VFAQ.
As for the usefulness of these magic quotes...


In addition, there's a function specifically for slashes:

StripSlashes( string str )
AddSlashes( string str )

Will add/remove the escape slashes
Sep 23 '05 #3
I noticed that Message-ID: <43************ ***********@new s.skynet.be>
from O'Hara contained the following:
Problem solved.
I needed to turn off magic_quotes_gp c in /etc/php.ini

magic_quotes_g pc = Off

Sorry if this was a VFAQ.
As for the usefulness of these magic quotes...


Could be very useful if you find yourself on the wrong end of an
injection attack...
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Sep 24 '05 #4

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