mail() problem with escape characters 1

[peterv6]

When I use the mail()function, the resulting email that is sent contains escape characters in front of apostrophes, etc.

Example: I don\'t know why an apostrophe causes escape backslashes to appear in the message being sent.

I'm new to PHP, so I'd really appreciate it if someone would help me out with getting around this problem.

Thanks in advance.

PETERV
Syracuse, NY &
Boston, MA

 

[jpadie]

try running stripslashes() on the mail body

 

[peterv6]

jpadie, this fixes my problem, just what I needed. Thank you very much for the answer!
PV

PETERV
Syracuse, NY &
Boston, MA

 

[jpadie]

no worries.
you probably have magic_quotes_gpc() turned on in your php.ini profile.

 

[peterv6]

I'm sure you're right. The php.ini file for my php is hosted by my isp, so I don't have access to it.
Thanks again.

PETERV
Syracuse, NY &
Boston, MA