> you can use the addslashes() function. This will make O'Brien O\'Brien
and
> the db will take it. In php4 this happens by default
Not really by default, it's a configuration option to have that happen
to data coming from forms. I forget the exact name of the parameter in the
php.ini file, but it's something like magic_quotes_runtime or some such
beast.
Just an FYI..