Title: wpdb->insert escaping
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# wpdb->insert escaping

 *  [game_0ver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/game_0ver/)
 * (@game_0ver)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpdb-insert-escaping/)
 * I have created a function that adds some data to a database table using wpdb-
   >insert()
 * Each time the form is submit it adds back slashes to ‘ character, if form validation
   fails and refreshes it still adds it, resulting in something like this:
 * **i’ve** becomes **i\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve**
 * I am struggling to find the correct WP function to use.

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 *  [tsagita](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemurianisindonesia/)
 * (@lemurianisindonesia)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpdb-insert-escaping/#post-6280835)
 * have you try addslashes() ?
 * read more here [http://php.net/addslashes](http://php.net/addslashes)

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