php curl adding slashes to xml attributes

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trying to post some xml with curl but it keeps adding slashes to "s.I'm sending it to a server i don't hav access so cant encode/decode...\[code\]$xmlToPost = '<PurchaseItems DISCOUNT="0" NETLINEVAL="0" PACK_CODE="0" VAT="0" PurchaseOrderNumber="'.$_POST['txn_id'].'">'; // just a snippet!$ch = curl_init();curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://193.128.105.227/sukishufu/externalcom/AddXMLOrder.cfm?ClientSys=sukishufu");curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,'ClientUrl=SukuOffice01&OrderXML='.stripslashes($xmlToPost));$btbResponse = curl_exec($ch);curl_close($ch); \[/code\]strip slashes doesn't work? Any help welcome!