PHP Functions Essential Reference

stripslashes

string stripslashes(string string) 

Strips backslashes from a string.

Returns:

String

Description:

stripslashes() removes the backslashes from any escape sequence that it encounters in a string. An escape sequence starts with a backslash and is followed by one or more characters.

This function is often used to strip backslashes from data retrieved from a database or to clean up data submitted by an HTML form.

Version:

PHP 3+, PHP 4+

See also:

To remove backslashes and convert C-style escape sequences to their literal values:

stripcslashes() 

To add slashes to a string:

addslashes() 

Example:

Remove slashes from data retrieved from a database

// database connection code omitted for brevity $author = 'Sam Clemens'; // query a ...