PHP stripslashes() Function
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Description
The stripslashes() function removes backslashes added by the addslashes() function.
The following table summarizes the technical details of this function.
| Return Value: | Returns a string with backslashes stripped off. |
|---|---|
| Version: | PHP 4+ |
Syntax
The basic syntax of the stripslashes() function is given with:
stripslashes(string);
The following example shows the stripslashes() function in action.
Example
Run this code »<?php
// Sample string
$str = "Mr. John O\'Reilly";
// Unescaping string
echo stripslashes($str);
?>Tip: The stripslashes() function strips off backslashes from a string in such a way that \' becomes ' and so on. Double backslashes (\\) becomes a single backslash (\).
Parameters
The stripslashes() function accepts the following parameters.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| string | Required. Specifies the string to be unescaped. |
More Examples
Here're some more examples showing how stripslashes() function actually works:
The following example demonstrates how to escape and unescape a string.
Example
Run this code »<?php
// Sample string
$str = "C:\Users\Downloads";
// Escaping string
$escaped = addslashes($str);
echo $escaped . "<br>";
// Unescaping string
$unescaped = stripslashes($escaped);
echo $unescaped;
?>
