Yeah, let's keep the aggravation off the list. There are tons of new people joining every day and there's bound to be a lot of repeat questions, even if it's been discussed 1000 times before. If you feel that your comments are falling on deaf ears and nobody's listening to your advice, then maybe you should take a break, sit back and just read for a while instead of responding in frustration. Maybe you were just having a bad day.. It's cool. We all do sometimes. But driving new users away because they got yelled at for asking a common question shouldn't be the goal of this group and keeping an even temperment is always appreciated when asking questions or responding to those who ask for help. I'm not trying to start a war, just giving something to think about. As for the slashes.. If I remember right, The slashes are added during the POST process automatically. I never up to find out where in the process (whether it's PHP when receiving POST data, or whether it's the web browser or server that does it), but I believe it's specific to POST data. It's a common issue, I've falling prey to it myself as well as most of the other common issues because I just plowed right into the code and noticed when something didn't work quite right. Nobody knows everything and nobody succeeds in never making a mistake with things like this. The important thing is knowing how to look for the solution and if you can't find it yourself, and have made an honest effort, asking politely on the mailing list(s) for help by someone who may have fallen into the same trap and discovered a way out. Communal knowledge. Peace. -TG > -----Original Message----- > From: neil [mailto:neil@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 5:26 PM > To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: using the mail function in php > > > 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 > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
