I have a select field in the profiles module that contains backslashes eg. Mum\Dad, Aunt\Uncle

When I try to filter using that field I get the following error displayed in the views module:

An illegal choice has been detected. Please contact the site administrator.

The following error shows up in the logs:

Location: https://www.example.com/admin/build/views/ajax/config-item/Lists/default/filter/value 
Message: Illegal choice Mum\\Dad in Options element.

Note the double back slash in the option.

This was working fine in development release dated 14th April 2008 and I can confirm does not work in beta3 or this mornings development release.

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merlinofchaos commented

Hmm. I tried some profile fields with a variety of special characters, and I cannot duplicate this.

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merlinofchaos commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)
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silid commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (fixed)

Further investigation proved that it was because magic_quotes_gpc was on.

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Thanks for your help.