mcrypt help please

Hi,
I am trying to encode strings, and it works fine. The problem is that when I try to add it to mysql, I use
addslashes(). Now when I do stripslashes() and try to decode the string, the value is completely different. If I do not use addslashes and stripslashes, it works fine, but won't go in database most of the times.
What to do? Please help. Should I change the key etc...
Thanks

 

Are you using mysql_real_escape_string before storing it in the DB?

 

Yes, I'm using it. But I'm also using stripslashes when getting the string from DB. Won't this get me the original string?
Thanks

 

Well i think when you insert the string into the db via mysql_real_escape_string it will be escaped already so you need not use stripslashes.