Posted by Simon Harris on 03/23/07 20:09

Hi All,

I am using mysql_real_escape_string() on strings before they are entered
into mySQL. This has worked Ok, but when I get the information out,
single/double quotes are preceeded with a \ (Escaped) so,
"Something in quotes" becomes \"something in quotes\"

Do I need to replace \" with " before I print the string to the page? Or am
I missing something? Is there an opposite to mysql_real_escape_string() that
I should call on the string when reading the data from mySQL? Or perhaps I
have totally missed the point of this function? :)

Any help/suggestions muchly appreciated!

Simon.

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