How do I write php code to deal with double quoted text from MySQL DB

I’m pulling double quoted text from the database that is also escaped in the database. When I try to use stripslashes to remove the slashes, the data does not get displayed in the browser.

The funny thing is is that I can “echo” the variable and it has the value with double quotes on both ends :puzzled:.

Why does the double quoted text not getting displayed in the browser?

Thanks