Posted by satyakaran on 05/25/07 07:06

Simply use this link
http://www.php.net/stripslashes

for stripslashes function.
and access your post-ed data like this:

<input type="text" value="<?php echo stripslashes($p_name); ?>"
name=".... />


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semi_e...@inbox.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have recently taken up PHP programming, and I got stuck on the
> following.
> <?
> $p_body = (isset ($_POST['body' ]) && ($_POST['body'] != '')) ?
> $_POST['body'] : 'Enter your text here';
> $p_name = (isset ($_POST['name' ]) && ($_POST['name'] != '')) ?
> $_POST['name'] : 'Enter name';
> $p_mail = (isset ($_POST['mail' ]) && ($_POST['mail'] != '')) ?
> $_POST['mail'] : 'Enter email';
> $output = <<<CODEREH
> <form method="POST" action="doform.php">
> <p><input type="TEXT" name="name" value="$p_name" /></p>
> <p><input type="TEXT" name="email" value="$p_mail" /></p>
> <p><input type="TEXT" name="body" value="$p_body" /></p>
> <p><input type="SUBMIT" value="Store it!" /></p>
> </form>
> CODEREH;
> $invalid_body=array('','Enter your text here');
> $invalid_name=array('','Enter name');
> $invalid_mail=array('','Enter email');
> if (validate($p_body,$invalid_body) && validate($p_name,$invalid_name)
> && validate($p_mail,$invalid_mail)) // fields not entered correctly
> {
> //process form data and provide link to continue (or enter another
> set of data)
> exit;
> }
> // data not entered correctly
> echo "All fields must be entered!";
> ?>
>
> If either field contains backslashes, they are duplicated when the
> form reloads.
> Each successive form submission \ becomes \\, \\\\, \\\\\\\\ etc etc
>
> Why does this happen and how do I fix the variables to show the
> original data each time?
> I know I am a newbie, probably an easy one for this group. Can you
> help me out though?
>
> Semi

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