Addslashes

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[edit] Description

addslashes will return a string with certain characters quoted. The characters that get an backslash are single quote ('), double quote ("), backslash (\) and NUL. So (') becomes (\'), (") becomes (\") and (\) becomes (\\).

Note: If the PHP directive magic_quotes_gpc is on you should not use addslashes. This way you would have your strings double quoted.

[edit] Parameters

string addslashes (string input)

[edit] Parameter Infos

Parameter	PHP Version	Type
addslashes	4 or 5	returns string
input	4 or 5	string

[edit] Examples

[edit] Example 1:

<?php
 echo addslashes("Is your name O'reilly?");
?>

[edit] Output

Is your name O\'reilly?

[edit] See also

stripslashes, addcslashes, stripcslashes, htmlspecialchars, get_magic_quotes_gpc, quotemeta

For more details on this function, visit its entry in the php manual.