Question

I’m escaping inputs to my db with:

mysql_real_escape_string()

If I input:

"Let's see"

when I select from DB I get:

"let\'s see"

How do I prevent this? I’m first writing on a form, then sending it through AJAX to a .php file and then escaping it with mysql_real_escape_string() and nothing else.

Answer 1

I can’t tell you why it is not fixing it however when you select something from your database you can use stripslashes() to return it to it’s normal state e.g.

$str = "Let\'s see";
stripslashes($str);
echo $str;

Would output:

Let’s see