What to do if you can't turn off magic_quotes_gpc on your host:
if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { foreach($_REQUEST as $key => $value) { if(is_array($_REQUEST[$key])) { $_REQUEST[$key] = array_map("stripslashes", $_REQUEST[$key]); } else { $_REQUEST[$key] = stripslashes($_REQUEST[$key]); } } foreach($_POST as $key => $value) { if(is_array($_POST[$key])) { $_POST[$key] = array_map("stripslashes", $_POST[$key]); } else { $_POST[$key] = stripslashes($_POST[$key]); } } foreach($_GET as $key => $value) { if(is_array($_GET[$key])) { $_GET[$key] = array_map("stripslashes", $_GET[$key]); } else { $_GET[$key] = stripslashes($_GET[$key]); } } }