addslashes()

addslashes - Quote string with slashes

Syntax

string addslashes (string $str)

Arguments

• str - The string to be escaped.

Description

Returns a string with backslashes before characters that need to be quoted in database queries etc. These characters are single quote ( '), double quote ( "), backslash ( \) and NUL (the NULL byte).

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

Returns the escaped string.