How to get un-escaped text from a form field

Hi everybody,

I have a php script that gets the text from a form field:

<?php

include("global.inc.php");

pt_register( 'POST', 'test1');
echo $test1;

?>

The text comes back fine, just some characters (', " and \) are now escaped
(\', \" and \\). The problem is that I need the he text to be exactly as it
was entered by the user. I could process the text myself, and replace the
escaped characters, but I'd like first to understand why this is happening
and if there is a way to disable this behavior and get the unmodified text
directly.

Thanks,

A

a wrote:
> I have a php script that gets the text from a form field:
<snip>
> The text comes back fine, just some characters (', " and \) are now escaped
> (\', \" and \\).
[...]
> I'd like first to understand why this is happening
> and if there is a way to disable this behavior

magic_quotes_gpc

see http://www.php.net/get_magic_quotes_gpc

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That did it. Thanks for the tip!

A

"Pedro Graca" <hexkid@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
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>a wrote:
>> I have a php script that gets the text from a form field:
> <snip>
>> The text comes back fine, just some characters (', " and \) are now
>> escaped
>> (\', \" and \\).
> [...]
>> I'd like first to understand why this is happening
>> and if there is a way to disable this behavior
>
> magic_quotes_gpc
>
> see http://www.php.net/get_magic_quotes_gpc
>
> --
> Mail to my "From:" address is readable by all at http://www.dodgeit.com/
> == ** ## !! ------------------------------------------------ !! ## ** ==
> TEXT-ONLY mail to the whole "Reply-To:" address ("My Name" <my@address>)
> may bypass my spam filter. If it does, I may reply from another address!