在mysql和php中保留CSS样式

Question

I have data in an Excel spreadsheet linked to a mysql database and on to the webpage through php. I am trying to style the lines with a CSS stylesheet but somewhere the data is changed meaning (I think) the browser ignores the CSS command.

Written in the spreadsheet is as follows:-

<p class="fixturedate"><strong>Friday May 17th 2013</strong></p>

Somewhere along the way, by the time it gets to the browser, this is being changed to:-

<p class=\"fixturedate\"><strong>Friday May 17th 2013</strong></p>

Any ideas why those two backslashes are being added? Is that the problem or is it just not going to work anyway?

Thanks