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# stripslashes

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

stripslashes -- Un-quote string quoted with addslashes()

## Description

string stripslashes ( string str )

Returns a string with backslashes stripped off. (`\'` becomes `'` and so on.) Double backslashes (`\\`) are made into a single backslash (`\`).

> Note: If magic_quotes_sybase is on, no backslashes are stripped off but two apostrophes are replaced by one instead.

An example use of stripslashes() is when the PHP directive magic_quotes_gpc is `on` (it's on by default), and you aren't inserting this data into a place (such as a database) that requires escaping. For example, if you're simply outputting data straight from an HTML form.

Example 1. A stripslashes() example

`<?php $str = "Is your name O\'reilly?"; // Outputs: Is your name O'reilly? echo stripslashes($str); ?>`

> Note: stripslashes() is not recursive. If you want to apply this function to a mutli-dimensional array, you need to use a recursive function.

Example 2. Using stripslashes() on an array

`<?php function stripslashes_deep($value) { $value = is_array($value) ? array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) : stripslashes($value); return $value; } // Example $array = array("f\\'oo", "b\\'ar", array("fo\\'o", "b\\'ar")); $array = stripslashes_deep($array); // Output print_r($array); ?>`

The above example will output:

    Array
    (
        [0] => f'oo
        [1] => b'ar
        [2] => Array
            (
                [0] => fo'o
                [1] => b'ar
            )

    )

For more information about "magic quotes", see get_magic_quotes_gpc().

See also addslashes() and get_magic_quotes_gpc().

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