stripcslashes

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

stripcslashes — Un-quote string quoted with addcslashes()

Description

stripcslashes(string $string): string

Returns a string with backslashes stripped off. Recognizes C-like \n, \r ..., octal and hexadecimal representation.

Parameters

string: The string to be unescaped.

Return Values

Returns the unescaped string.

Examples

Example #1 stripcslashes() example

<?php

var_dump(stripcslashes('I\'d have a coffee.\nNot a problem.') === "I'd have a coffee.
Not a problem."); / true
?>

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rafayhingoro[at]hotmail[dot]com ¶

8 years ago

stripcslashes does not simply skip the C-style escape sequences \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t and \v, but converts them to their actual meaning. 

So
<?php
stripcslashes('\n') == "\n"; /true;

$str = "we are escaping \r\n"; /we are escaping

?>