Escaped characters in string from submitted form

Question

Every time a POST is made I get escaped characters.

\\ -> \\\\
\' -> \\\'
\" -> \\\"

I have a multistep form, which transmits the data

Answer 1

Looks like you have Magic Quotes turned on.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.magicquotes.disabling.php

Check that out for how to disable.