Using stripslashes after mysql_real_escape_string

Question

I have to escape some inputs on a form. I used mysql_real_escape_string to escape the value but it adds a lot slashes with value inside database, the reason is i have an apo

Answer 1

No it's not. Check your php.ini for the magic_quotes_gpc setting. If you can't disable it use stripslashes BEFORE using mysql_real_escape_string. The link has a method to strip it globally from $_POST, $_GET and $_COOKIE. Or even better, use prepared statements with PDO