newbie - PHP escaping trigger happy

[Govinda <govinda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a quick Q, which I know has to be in the docs somewhere, but I  
haven't come across it yet-

PHP automatically escaping single and double quotes...  how to turn it  
off?

I.e.-
in a form text input, someone inputs
love's "influence" <grows>

and on the posted page I get:
love\'s \"influence\"

WHen I wrap that with  htmlspecialchars , then I get:
love\&#039;s \&quot;influence\&quot; &lt;grows&gt;

What I want is:
love&#039;s &quot;influence&quot;  &lt;grows&gt;

...in this case anyway.  Probably if I understood why PHP was escaping  
the quotes, then I likely would want that behavior in those  
circumstances it was designed for...  but not now, and I don't know  
how to turn it off.

Thanks,
-Govinda

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