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