stripslashes

<?

$string = "twelve o\'clock";

$return = stripslashes($string);

echo $return;

?>

twelve o'clock

<?

function stripslashesrecursive($value)
{
    if(is_array($value))
    {
        $value = array_map('stripslashesrecursive', $value);
    }
    else
    {
        $value = stripslashes($value);
    }
    return $value;
}

$array = array("one o\'clock", "two o\'clock", array("three o\'clock", "four o\'clock"));

$return = stripslashesrecursive($array);

print_r($return);

?>

Array
(
    [0] => one o'clock
    [1] => two o'clock
    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => three o'clock
            [1] => four o'clock
        )

)