Thanks Lenny The stripslashes worked. I didn't think to use it as there was no slashes to strip. But since it puts it in they need to be removed. Neil "Lenny Davila" <Lenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:001401c48479$e9f763b0$1a0a0a0a@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Try using the strip slashes http://us3.php.net/stripslashes stripslashes($messageVariable); ------------------------------------ Eleno Davila - SEO lenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (877)933-6750 Ext 163 (direct line) http://plasticsurgery.com -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php