i know this sounds really common and so trivial but , am having a challenge here. I have a web site with Zend/Doctrine and i use ckeditor for the backend management. after
In case this is a magic quotes problem and as i recall you only having access to your application.ini, you might add the following and give it a try
phpSettings.magic_quotes_gpc = 0
phpSettings.magic_quotes_runtime = 0
This still requires your user / usergroup to be allowed to change default php settings ;)