in the blog search i entered a string with single quotes
like -> h's
after search the above keword appear as h\\\'s in the textbox
in the blog search i entered a string with single quotes
like -> h's
after search the above keword appear as h\\\'s in the textbox
Yes, it does that on purpose.
The whole thing is writtin in php and since php doesn't like ' very much (it's used in php code) WP will convert it liek you've seen.
It should be converting it back though on anything displayed in the browser window.
i know, but often (depending on where it is I think) it doesn't (like occasionally in the blogroll).
I usually just strip them or encode them myself when I write code.