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

If you have magic_quotes_gpc enabled you should use the stripslashes() function before escaping - otherwise you will escape twice, thus loads of slashes.

http://se.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-real-escape-string.php