note 75574 added to language.types.string

This function converts a string with a literal (e.g. '\n') in it's real character (e.g. "\n"): <?php function decode($string){ $search=array('\n','\r','\t','\\','\$','\"'); $replace=array("\n","\r","\t","\\","\$","\""); $ret=str_replace($search,$replace,$string); if(ereg('\\\[0-7]{1,3}',$ret,$found)){ foreach($found as $oct){ $ret=str_replace($oct,chr(octdec(substr($oct,1))),$ret); } } if(ereg('\\\x[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}',$ret,$found)){ foreach($found as $hex){ $ret=str_replace($hex,chr(hexdec(substr($hex,2))),$ret); } } return($ret); } ?> ---- Server IP: 217.160.72.57 Probable Submitter: 212.77.165.180 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/75574 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75574/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75574/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75574/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75574/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75574/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75574/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75574 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/75574 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php