[snip]My guess: magic_quotes_gpc is enabled where you're running the script. Therefore slashes are already present in the data from the form post.[/snip] Should I turn it off? Adding slashes and mysql_real_escape_string is not exactly the same thing, correct? /Peter -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php