addslashes() || Why the multiple slashes?
| From: | CF High | Date: | Tue, 09 Sep 2003 17:55:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | addslashes() || Why the multiple slashes? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hey All.
Simple ?
why does PHP add 3 slashes to the following var:
$apostrophe = "I've got an apostrophe";
$slashed = addslashes($apostrophe);
echo $slashed;
Result: I\\\'ve got an apostrophe.
What's up with that -- why not just add a single backslash?
--Noah
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