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

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**Created:** [March 15, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-write-php-code-to-deal-with-double-quoted-text-from-mysql-db/140908 "2005-03-15T10:16:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-write-php-code-to-deal-with-double-quoted-text-from-mysql-db/140908/1 "2005-03-15T10:16:47Z")

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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