Well you probably got the whole story in the subject. The script I have to write to a text file is putting a slash in front of every ( ' ) without the parentheses. How do I avoid this? I'm sure its simple.

stripslashes() should work for u

IT STILL ISNT WORKING :'(

the variable $contents is input from a form.

<?php
// thedate
$today = date("m.d.y");

// takes out evil slashes before quotations
stripslashes($contents);

// sets variable for writing to file
$new_contents = "<b> $today </b><br> [$name] <br> $contents <br>";
$current_contents = file("guestbook.txt");

//Open the file in "w" mode, essentially deleting it
$fp = fopen("guestbook.txt","w");

//Write the new content first, then the old content
fwrite($fp,$new_contents.implode("",$current_contents));

//Close it
fclose($fp);

// redirects page
echo "<script language='javascript'>window.location='write_confirm.htm'</script>";
?>

Please read the documentation for stripslashes() (http://php.net/stripslashes) before you yell 'it still isnt working'.

jee thanks but i did.

eh sorry. i needed a drink. i've got it now.

not exactly how i planned to implicate the code but whatever works will have to do.

stripslashes() RETURNS the value, doesn't actually make changes to the variable... which means you need to do:

$contents=stripslashes($contents);

The source of the problem:

http://www.php.net/magic_quotes