(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
stripslashes — Un-quotes a quoted string
$string
): stringUn-quotes a quoted string.
stripslashes() can be used if you aren't inserting this data into a place (such as a database) that requires escaping. For example, if you're simply outputting data straight from an HTML form.
string
The input string.
Returns a string with backslashes stripped off.
(\'
becomes '
and so on.)
Double backslashes (\\
) are made into a single
backslash (\
).
Example #1 A stripslashes() example
<?php$str = "Is your name O\'reilly?";// Outputs: Is your name O'reilly?echo stripslashes($str);?>
Note:
stripslashes() is not recursive. If you want to apply this function to a multi-dimensional array, you need to use a recursive function.
Example #2 Using stripslashes() on an array
<?phpfunction stripslashes_deep($value){ $value = is_array($value) ? array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) : stripslashes($value); return $value;}// Example$array = array("f\\'oo", "b\\'ar", array("fo\\'o", "b\\'ar"));$array = stripslashes_deep($array);// Outputprint_r($array);?>
The above example will output:
Array ( [0] => f'oo [1] => b'ar [2] => Array ( [0] => fo'o [1] => b'ar ) )