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[Aaron Fischer]

I've been thinking of implementing the PHundamentals function for fixing 
magic quotes when on a shared server:
(http://www.nyphp.org/phundamentals/storingretrieving.php)

The line in question:
return $sybase ? str_replace ('\'\'', '\'', $var) : stripslashes ($var);

I broke the str_replace and stripslashes out into separate code to test 
and make sure I understand what was going on.

When testing, the str_replace wasn't working as is with the search and 
replace string surrounded by single quotes.  After checking the php 
manual , I changed the search and replace text to be surrounded by 
double quotes and it worked correctly.

Should the PHundamentals function be changed to have double quotes? 

Here's the code I used to test:

    // test sybase str_replace with single quotes - doesn't appear to 
produce desired result
    echo '<br /><br />';
    $sb_string = "I\'\'m heading out on the road";
    $sb_string_new = str_replace('\'\'', '\'', $sb_string);
    echo 'Sybase string is ' . $sb_string . '<br />';
    echo 'String replace produces ' . $sb_string_new . '<br />';
   
    // test sybase str_replace with double quotes - appears to produce 
desired result
    echo '<br />';
    $sb_string_new = str_replace("\'\'", "\'", $sb_string);
    echo 'Sybase string is ' . $sb_string . '<br />';
    echo 'String replace produces ' . $sb_string_new . '<br />';

And the output:
Sybase string is I\'\'m heading out on the road
String replace produces I\'\'m heading out on the road

Sybase string is I\'\'m heading out on the road
String replace produces I\'m heading out on the road

Thoughts?

-Aaron