[ale] [OT] .php logic problem

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I have spent a lot of time on a weird php problem.
I am trying to make sure that the ' character is always escaped in my 
database. 

* I do not have the ability to configure the server. 
* I do not know or care to know if magic_quotes_gpc is ON
’
* htmlspecchar is not an option

I am using a form to update a field in the table.
1. If I use addslashes over and over like this:
		$description = addslashes($description);
		each time I click "update" it adds more and more slashes. (\\\\')

2. If I stripslashes and addslashes like this:
		$description = stripslashes($description);
		$description = addslashes($description);
		this results in ' (no slashes) (why?)

3. If I try getting fancy, I get lost like this:
		$description = stripslashes($description);
	 	$description = ereg_replace("'", "3edc1", $description);
	 	$description = ereg_replace("3edc1", "'", $description);
		$description = addslashes($description);
		this still results in ' (no slashes)

4. My goal is to always end up with \' in the database after I update
		How do I do that?

The code just modifys the "description" string:
		$description = stripslashes($description);
	 	$description = ereg_replace("%", "percent", $description);
	 	$description = ereg_replace("\"", "", $description);
//	 	$description = ereg_replace("'", "d4c1", $description);
//	 	$description = ereg_replace("d4c1", "\\d4c1", $description);
//	 	$description = ereg_replace("d4c1", "'", $description);
//		$description = addslashes($description);
		$description = ereg_replace("w/", "3edc", $description);
	 	$description = ereg_replace("/", " ", $description);		
		$description = ereg_replace("3edc", "w/", $description);
		$description = strtolower( $description );
		$description = ereg_replace("&", "and", $description);	

Also related:
Does anyone know how to change the open (and close) apostrophes into \'
as well?
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Drew Brown
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