stripslashes

Description

Returns a string with backslashes stripped off. (\' becomes ' and so on.) Double backslashes (\\) are made into a single backslash (\).

An example use of stripslashes() is when the PHP directive magic_quotes_gpc is on (it's on by default), and you aren't inserting this data into a place (such as a database) that requires escaping. For example, if you're simply outputting data straight from an HTML form.

Example 1. A stripslashes() example <?php $str = "Is your name O\'reilly?"; // Outputs: Is your name O'reilly? echo stripslashes($str); ?>

Example 2. Using stripslashes() on an array <?php function stripslashes_deep($value) {     $value = is_array($value) ?                 array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) :                 stripslashes($value);     return $value; } // Example $array = array("f\\'oo", "b\\'ar", array("fo\\'o", "b\\'ar")); $array = stripslashes_deep($array); // Output print_r($array); ?> The above example will output: Array ( [0] => f'oo [1] => b'ar [2] => Array ( [0] => fo'o [1] => b'ar ) )

For more information about "magic quotes", see get_magic_quotes_gpc().

See also addslashes() and get_magic_quotes_gpc().