stripslashes() and query string problem

[tentim]

What could be wrong with the following code;
1.the striplslashes function doesnt remove the slashes b4
special xters in the output,rather it prints out stripslashes along with the output.
2.the username is not echoed in the output and thus i cannot use it in other script.

while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<span class=style18b>$row[title]</span><br>";
echo "<style=text-align: justify>stripslashes($row[description])</style><br>";
echo "<b>Other Link(if any): </b>"."<a href=http://$row[url] target=blank>$row[url]</a>"."<br>";
echo "<b>Price: </b>".$row[price]."<br>";
echo "To order,click <a href=order.php?username=$row[username]>here</a><p>";
}

[Jake Arkinstall]

As you're in a string context, PHP can't parse it as a function.

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    echo '    <p class="style18b">' . $row['title'] . '</p>
            <p style="text-align: justify">' . stripslashes($row['description']) . '</p>
            <p><b>Other Link(if any): </b><a href="http://' . $row['url'] . '" target="blank">' . $row['url'] . '</a>
            <p><b>Price: </b>' . $row['price']. '</p>
            <p>To order,click <a href="order.php?username=' . $row['username'] . '">here</a></p>
    ';
} 

[tentim]

Thanks.Ive replaced the code with the one here
and its working.But there's a new problem:a forward
slash(/) is placed after every username and still cant
use it in another script.
Thanks.

[bluestartech]

use a regex to strip it out

[tentim]

how?

[AnthonySterling]

<?php
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    echo '<p class="style18b">' . $row['title'] . '</p>
    <p style="text-align: justify">' . stripslashes($row['description']) . '</p>
    <p><b>Other Link(if any): </b><a href="http://' . $row['url'] . '" target="blank">' . $row['url'] . '</a>
    <p><b>Price: </b>' . $row['price']. '</p>
    <p>To order,click <a href="order.php?username=' . rtrim(trim($row['username']),'/') . '">here</a></p>
    ';
} 
?>

[tentim]

Thanks a lot.It's working.
Just wondering how the slash got there in the first place.