FPDF adds backslash before quotation marks in output

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“slash before every quote” problem

I am using FPDF to generate pdfs for labels. On the labels they have inches (ie: " ). On localhost there was no problem, but now on my production server FPDF outputs a backslash before quotation marks in the produced PDF.

    4 1/2" gets transformed into: 4 1/2\"

Tried my google skills, but to no avail. Anybody know what's happening?

What PHP Version do you use for the localhost and for the production server ? — Zuul, Jun 11 '12 at 17:25
Do you have MagicQuotes enabled on the production server? It sounds like you might! — Ben D, Jun 11 '12 at 17:28
I was just reading about magic quotes this morning! weird. Yes this might be the problem. I am going to look into that right now. — cantaffordavan, Jun 11 '12 at 17:28
Ok, could be a _MagicQuotes_ issue check [magicquotes disabling](http://php.net/manual/en/security.magicquotes.disabling.php) — Zuul, Jun 11 '12 at 17:29
Assuming the MQ is the issue, you'll probably want to turn it off (especially if the system was developed on a system with MQ off). If your application uses SQL, you'll also want to double check how queries are being escaped) — Ben D, Jun 11 '12 at 17:31
I just checked PHP config - magic quotes is already disabled. So that's not it — cantaffordavan, Jun 11 '12 at 17:31
@mcflause, can you post the relevant code used to allow a better understanding of your problem!? — Zuul, Jun 11 '12 at 17:32
@BenD the system does use mysql, but the variables are being passed from a form straight to fpdf — cantaffordavan, Jun 11 '12 at 17:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '12 at 17:47

You can use get_magic_quotes_gpc to confirm if the values are being escaped or not during post:

PHP

if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
    $myValue = stripslashes($_POST['myValue']);
}
else {
    $myValue = $_POST['myValue'];
}

This will return the value without slashes if the problem is being originated by the POST due to magic_quotes.

Since Magic Quotes are:

DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED as of PHP 5.4.0.

Having you the localhost with 5.3.4, thus not using the Magic Quotes, probably the production server is using them, since the version specified is 5.2.17.

It's so wierd because in my php config file (looking through WHM), it shows that magic quotes is disabled. But this worked! so I am happy. Thanks! — cantaffordavan, Jun 11 '12 at 17:52

FPDF adds backslash before quotation marks in output

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