yes, and that's why i'm appealing for help on how to stripslashes when it comes to the Shift_JIS character set... will really appreciate advises! thanx lots! ----- Original Message ----- > OK, if you *know* that the data has been through addslashes() (or equivalent > eg magic_quotes_gpc) then doing a strip_slashes() should revert the data to > its original form. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php