Text box value, backslash, and PHP variable

I have a form with a textbox. On submitting the form I read the
textbox value into a php variable. If the value in the text box
contained a ' or " anywhere in the string, the php variable adds a
backslash ahead of the character. How can I get rid of this unwanted
backslashes?

Thank you
John

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>I have a form with a textbox. On submitting the form I read the
>textbox value into a php variable. If the value in the text box
>contained a ' or " anywhere in the string, the php variable adds a
>backslash ahead of the character. How can I get rid of this unwanted
>backslashes?

stripslashes()

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Better use a function like this to read your post variables:

function raw_param( $name ) {
return ini_get( 'magic_quotes_gpc' ) ? stripslashes( $name ) : $name;
}

$x = raw_param( $_POST[ 'varname' ] );

This way your script will work regardless of your php setup. If you use
stripslashes() and magic_quotes_gpc is not set by your system
administrator, you may corrupt your input data.