Hi John, thanx!... HH > but why is it that I still get a backslash HH > before an occurrence of a single-quote? HH > for example, HH > <td width="630" height="6"><? echo $fieldName; ?></td> HH > where $fieldName is retrieved from the database through: JH > Maybe magic_quotes_runtime is enabled? It will add slashes to data from JH > files and databases. Bottom line, if you actually see the slashes in JH > your data, in your database, then you're adding the slashes twice, somehow. yes, i see the slashes in my database through PHPMyAdmin, but my magic_quotes_runtime is set to OFF. I did not do anything fancy to my data except cleaning away spaces infront and at the end of the value and doing a EscapeShellCmd() to my value through: $value = trim(EscapeShellCmd($fieldName)); and then i do a $query= "insert into table set name='$value'"; i swear i did not add any slashes twice (at least for what i know!!).. is there another way that i could have addslashes twice without my knowing?? thanx thanx!! rgds, hwee -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
