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Hi I added a addslash before submit to database like

$bio=addslashes($_POST('bio'));

it will add a "\'" before submit .. and everything working fine .. but at the time of edit/ resubmit this form I am getting the following out put

This is old\\' Line
This is new\' Line

Please help me to avoid this issue ..
Thanks in advance

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Addslashes is limited. If you want to display input info safely use htmlentities() or htmlspecialchars(). If you want to input to DB, use the db-specific sanitizer, e.g. mysql_real_escape_string.

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when use

addslashes()

then the opposite is

stripslashes()

that's all you need.

hope this helps

Hi I added a addslash before submit to database like

[

$bio=addslashes($_POST('bio'));
[/code]

it will add a "\'" before submit .. and everything working fine .. but at the time of edit/ resubmit this form I am getting the following out put

This is old\\' Line
This is new\' Line

Please help me to avoid this issue ..
Thanks in advance

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