PHP, why do you escape my quotes?

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Why are escape characters being added to the value of the hidden input

So, I have a file called Save.php.

It takes two things: a file, and the new contents.

You use it by sending a request like '/Resources/Save.php?file=/Resources/Data.json&contents={"Hey":"There"}'.

..but of course, encoding the url. :) I left it all unencoded for simplicity and readability.

The file works, but instead of the contents being..

{"Hey":"There"}

..I find..

{\"Hey\":\"There\"}

..which of course throws an error when trying to use JSON.parse when getting the JSON file later through XHR.

To save the contents, I just use..

file_put_contents($url, $contents);

What can I do to get rid of the backslashes?

Just before you save the contents to the file, what does the `$_GET['contents']` have? Does it have `{"Hey":"There"}` or `{\"Hey\":\"There\"}`? — Shef, Jun 12 '11 at 21:00
They show up when using echo as well, but I don't use PHP an awful lot, it might add them too or something. xD — McKayla, Jun 12 '11 at 21:01
Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/220437/magic-quotes-in-php — Orbling, Jun 12 '11 at 21:02
It has already been answered, but gave you an answer tailored to your situation. — Shef, Jun 12 '11 at 21:05
possible duplicate of [Why are escape characters being added to the value of the hidden input](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1038980/) — outis, Jul 19 '12 at 02:40

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 13 '11 at 01:13

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Turn magic_quotes off in PHP.ini.

edited Jun 13 '11 at 01:13

answered Jun 12 '11 at 20:57

SLaks

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Magic is never good in development. – SLaks Jun 12 '11 at 20:58
I use the preinstalled version of PHP in Mac OS 10.6, so I've never actually seen PHP.ini anywhere. Do you have any idea where it would be? – McKayla Jun 12 '11 at 20:58
Found it. Google is the best thing ever. Turned it off and now everything works fine. :D – McKayla Jun 12 '11 at 21:09

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 13 '11 at 01:19

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Looks like you have magic_quotes turned on.

If that is the case, either turn it off - Or use a runtime disabling function

edited Jun 13 '11 at 01:19

answered Jun 12 '11 at 20:58

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 13 '11 at 01:19

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you probably have magic quotes enabled, only two things you can do. disable magic quotes in your php.ini or call stripslashes() on $_GET and $_POST globals.

FYI, use $_GET['contents'] as opposed to $contents; newer versions of php will not create the $contents var.

edited Jun 13 '11 at 01:19

answered Jun 12 '11 at 20:58

Ozzy

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I create it manually earlier in the script. – McKayla Jun 12 '11 at 20:59

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 12 '11 at 21:04

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Try this:

file_put_contents($url, stripslashes($contents));

answered Jun 12 '11 at 21:04

Shef

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 12 '11 at 20:58

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You should disable magic_quotes in your php.ini configuration file. However if this is not possible you can also use the stripslashes() function to get rid of the automatic escaping.

answered Jun 12 '11 at 20:58

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 13 '11 at 01:20

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If you can not get magic quotes switched off for your server, then you need to check if it is switched on using get_magic_quotes_gpc() and if it is true, stripslashes().

edited Jun 13 '11 at 01:20

answered Jun 12 '11 at 20:59

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