[resolved] PHP escaping my strings

[solitario]

Hello all, I have a form page which submits to a PHP page. The latter creates a text file, but is escaping my strings for some reason.


Here is my form page:

<form name="frmMain" action="write.php" method="post">
<textarea name="txtBody"></textarea>
<input type="submit">
</form>

Here is my processing page:

<?php
$filename = "output.txt";
$fp = fopen ($filename,"w") or die("Can't open file.");
	fwrite ($fp, $txtBody);
fclose ($fp);
?>

Now when I submit the following text:

bgcolor="#000000"

It comes out as:

bgcolor=\"#000000\"


Why is PHP escaping my strings? More importantly, how do I stop it?
Thanks!