php array_walk_recursive not working on mysql result set array with stripslashes

I have a mysql result array and I'm trying to stripslashes on the array using array_walk. It's not stripping slashes from mysql. It is working on the array I manually added ($dataArr['xxx']) though. Here is my code: $sql = ' select * from `ads` where id = 3 '; $res = mysql_query($sql, $conn) or die(mysql_error()); $row = MYSQL_FETCH_ASSOC($res); $dataArr = $row; $dataArr['xxx'] = '<script type='text/javascript'><!--//<![CDATA[ var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https://ads.test.com/www/delivery/ajs.php':'http://ads.test.com/www/delivery/ajs.php'); var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999); if (!document.MAX_used) document.MAX_used = ',' etc.... etc....; '; array_walk_recursive($dataArr, 'stripslashes'); print '<pre>'; print_r($dataArr); print '</pre>';