mysql_real_escape_string() leaving slashes in MySQL

Question

I just moved to a new hosting company and now whenever a string gets escaped using:

mysql_real_escape_string($str);

the slashes remain in the

Answer 1

The host that you've moved probably has magic_quotes_runtime turned on. You can turn it off with set_magic_quotes_runtime(0).

Please turn off magic_quotes_runtime, and then change your code to use bind variables, rather than using the string escaping.