Question

How to use addslashes() function to quote a string with slashes, add backslashes before escape characters in PHP

Answer 1

$str = "PHP 'php'";

echo addslashes($str);

   
/*
run: 

PHP \'php\' 

*/

 

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Answer 2

$str = '"PHP" php "string"';

echo addslashes($str);

   
/*
run: 

\"PHP\" php \"string\" 

*/

 

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Answer 3

$str = 'PHP \php\ string \programming\"';

echo addslashes($str);

   
/*
run: 

PHP \\php\\ string \\programming\\\" 

*/

 

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