title: Avoiding slashes added by jQuery serialize()
body: <p>I am using jQuery to serialize a form and then POST it via ajax to the back-end to be saved to MySQL. </p>
  
  <p>I've run into a problem where, for text fields containing quotation marks " and ', jQuery's .serialize() adds an escaping slash, which gets POSTed.</p>
  
  <p>For Example:
  ' Monitor Size: 22" ' is being saved as ' Monitor Size: 22\" '. These slashes also accumulate as the field is further edited and re-saved, so that it eventually might look like 'Monitor Size: 22\\\\\\" '.</p>
  
  <p>I could remove all back-slashes when processing the $_POST in PHP, but that would also remove any back-slashes that the user might have legitimately entered. </p>
  
  <p>Is there another way to avoid this somehow? </p>
  
  <p>Ideas Much Appreciated!</p>