# Why are my (") preceded by a (\\) when I use the post function in PHP?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-preceded-by-a-when-i-use-the-post-function-in-php/40252
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [January 16, 2004, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-preceded-by-a-when-i-use-the-post-function-in-php/40252 "2004-01-16T09:20:59Z")
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### Author: ![bkress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@bkress](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bkress)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2004, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-preceded-by-a-when-i-use-the-post-function-in-php/40252/1 "2004-01-16T09:20:59Z")

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[COLOR=firebrick]**Why are my (") preceded by a () when I use the post function in PHP? Is there a way to halt this?** [/COLOR]

No Matter What, When You Use “quotes” in a document and use PHP to send it, it will always put a \ before them EG. “. Incidentally, every time you save the document after that, it adds another \ EG. 2 saves = \” , 3 saves = \", and so on.

Every PHP script I have used does this :crazy:

**Does Anyone Know Anything About Solving This Problem, Or Even Why It Does It?**