I have an HTML text input field generated by my php code:
	print "<input type=text name=varname>";

the script is accepting the input just fine.

I then need to pass the variable into a mysql database query.

This is where it barfs. 

it is putting backslashes before any single quotes i put in the text field.  So I tried using ereg_replace and preg_replace to replace the backslash with nothing (i.e. empty string).  but to no avail

here is what happens:

if I type this in the input box:

	login_id = 'username'

it sends this to the mysql query:
	login_id = \'username\'

ereg_replace and preg_replace are both getting messed up on the backslash. 

PLEASE HELP!