file_put_contents is adding backslashes to the code

Question

I use file_get_contents() & file_put_contents() to load and save a .css file. After saving the loaded file the file_put_content

Answer 1

Stripslashes is probably what you're looking for. Certain PHP installations will automagically escape strings for you by adding slashes. This should reverse that.

Check out Magic Quotes

Answer 2

Most likely you have Magic Quotes turned on.

So just turn it off in php.ini and restart PHP.

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To strip the slashes:

file_put_contents($file, stripslashes($_POST['editor']));