Hi Justin I'm not sure I appreciate the aggro. I am new to .php and so this is a learning exercise for me. THERE IS NO SLASHES in the data being submitted so obviously something is putting them in. So again thank you for your help - the stripslashes did work. Neil "Justin Patrin" <papercrane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:432beae0408181007442af004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:38:45 +1000, neil <neil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. > > > > How many times must I say this? If you see slashes, THERE ARE SLASHES > IN THE STRING! If stripslashes removes them, they had to be in there > in the first place. Period. End of story. > > > 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); > > > -- > DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips > http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder > > paperCrane --Justin Patrin-- -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php