note 86044 added to language.types.string

Simple function to create human-readably escaped double-quoted strings for use in source code or when debugging strings with newlines/tabs/etc. <?php function doubleQuote($str) { $ret = '"'; for ($i = 0, $l = strlen($str); $i < $l; ++$i) { $o = ord($str[$i]); if ($o < 31 || $o > 126) { switch ($o) { case 9: $ret .= '\t'; break; case 10: $ret .= '\n'; break; case 11: $ret .= '\v'; break; case 12: $ret .= '\f'; break; case 13: $ret .= '\r'; break; default: $ret .= '\x' . str_pad(dechex($o), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT); } } else { switch ($o) { case 36: $ret .= '\$'; break; case 34: $ret .= '\"'; break; case 92: $ret .= '\\\\'; break; default: $ret .= $str[$i]; } } } return $ret . '"'; } ?> ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 128.227.34.143 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86044 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86044/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86044/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86044/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86044/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86044/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86044/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86044 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86044 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php