But this one is ON magic_quotes_gpc "Robert Cummings" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1229567238.8302.35.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx > On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 19:54 -0500, MikeP wrote: >> Hello, >> I have been trying to use fread to open a file, but it always escapes >> special characters. >> How do I open afile without it modifying my original file: >> >> $_POST[$fname] = fread($fileHandle, $_POST[$fname.'_size']); >> I use this and get slashes everywhere.This kills my REGex that gets coded >> next. > > Check this magically shitty setting in your php.ini: > > magic_quotes_runtime > > It should be off unless someone with less brains than a turd got a hold > of your ini file. > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > http://www.interjinn.com > Application and Templating Framework for PHP > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php