is addslashes() really needed?

[jimot]

hi all.. do you really need addslashes() to store data into mysql?
Because I tried this:

$item = "jim's";
$item = addslashes($item);

if I echo $item then $item is "jim\'s" then I store $item into mysql database table.

But when I retrieve it using SELECT, even if I don't use stripslashes(), the result is "jim's" NOT "jim\'s". So what do I use the addslashes() for in the first place?

thanks

[juanmf]

try using double addslashes. in linux "\" is used to "escape some character" to not being interpreted as special ones. so the "\" die in the process. if you want:
"jim\'s" stored
i think it should lok like:
$item = "jim\\\'s" (\ to escape \ and \ to escape ')
try it and tell me. becouse i didn´t tested. just a heartbit.
edited one minute later
OK i tryed it. it works.