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stripcslashes

Name

stripcslashes — Converts C-style escape sequences to their literal values and strips leading backslashes.

Synopsis

string stripcslashes(string); string string:

Returns

String

Description

stripcslashes() converts C-style escape sequences\\, \a,\b,\f,\n,\r,\t,\v, and\x hh hex and \ ooo octal character escape sequences) to their literal equivalents. Additionally, it strips the backslash from escape sequences that it doesn't recognize.

Version

PHP 4.0b4+

Example

Example 1223. Convert C-style escape sequences to their literal equivalents

<?php
$quote = '"The only processes that we can rely on indefinitely are cyclical;\n'
   . ' all linear processes must eventually come to an end."\n'
   . '\t\t\t--Karl-Henrick Roberts';

echo "Before stripcslashes:\n$quote\n\n";
echo "After stripcslashes:\n", stripcslashes($quote);
?>

Output:
Before stripcslashes:
"The only processes that we can rely on indefinitely are cyclical;\n all linear processes must eventually come to an end.\n"\t\t\t--Karl-Henrick Roberts

After stripcslashes:
"The only processes that we can rely on indefinitely are cyclical;
 all linear processes must eventually come to an end."
         --Karl-Henrick Roberts

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