Stripping Single/Double Quotes

[Kirk Y]

Hey gents. Okay, I've got a text field whose data is being retrieved via $_POST[message]. I'm inserting its contents into a DB using:

PHP Code:

$db->query_write("INSERT INTO table_name (user, message, date) VALUES 
('$username', '$message', '$date')"); 


Everything works dandy -- that is, until someone inputs a single/double quote! Eeek! I've been trying different solutions, but as of yet, have had no success whatsoever. I'm almost ready to pull my hair out, all the stripslashes, addslashes, preg_replace... ack! Please someone lend an assist!