Sometimes for some reason is happens that PHP or Javascript or some naughty insert a lot of  backslash. Ordinary function does not notice that. Therefore, it is necessary that the bit "inflate":

<?php
function removeslashes($string)
{
    $string=implode("",explode("\\",$string));
    return stripslashes(trim($string));
}

/* Example */

$text="My dog don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t like the postman!";
echo removeslashes($text);
?>

RESULT: My dog don't like the postman!

This flick has served me wery well, because I had this problem before.