Question

I am redesigning a new website and my database table need tidying up a bit.

In the mysql table, I have a data look like this for example:

text text text text - he\'s text text text he\'s text text
text couldn\'t text text.<br /><br />\"I\'m text text
text text. We\'re text <br /><br />text text

I need to remove all the slashes () and remove all the
. What the best way doing this?

From now on I will use mysql_real_escape_string() when adding data. To view use

nl2br()

Answer 1

Ensure that magic_quotes_gpc is off, it’s good practice. You can always use parse your database and reinsert it all.

str_replace is right but don’t use it if the data has been escaped, use stripslashes on the data.

<?php
    $row = array(
        1 => 'stripslashes removes any unwanted \\\\',
        2 => 'it\'s easy but annoying but we must do it!'
    );
    foreach ($row as $key=>$record) {
        $escaped[$key] = stripslashes($record);
    }
    echo $escaped[1].'<br />';
    echo $escaped[2];
?>

Outputs:

stripslashes removes any unwanted \

it’s easy but annoying but we must do it!

Then re-insert it.