Thanks. I just figured it out myself. I had to change the expression:
$string= ereg_replace("[\\]+", "", $string);
The above is what worked.
Mike
"Justin French" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> on 02/09/02 1:14 PM, Mike Mannakee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > I'm getting multiple backslashes in data I get out of a mysql database.
> >
> > Example :
> >
> > ...Here\\\'s the d...
> >
> > No problem. Except I CANT GET RID OF THEM. I've tried several things:
> >
> > 1. $string = stripslashes($string); - Doesn't do anything
>
> have you tried:
>
> $string = stripslashes(stripslashes($string));
> // OR
> $string = stripslashes(stripslashes(stripslashes($string)));
>
> For multiple occurrences, you have to call it twice... or even three
times.
>
>
> also try
>
> $string = str_replace("\'", "", $string);
> $string = str_replace("\\", "", $string);
>
>
> Justin French
>
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