Hi,
> Joe/'s Birthday
>
> This of course is undesireable. I think this is an automatic setting
> or something, but how can I avoid this?
Maybe your magic_quotes_gpc is set to on in your php.ini file (default).
You can avoid it by using stripslashes("your string")
http://php.net/stripslashes
Regards,
/Elin, http://artopod.com