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
?>
Description
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 ¶
7 years ago
jsmneo at dreamworkstudio dot net ¶
16 years ago
you might want to do a double stripslashes to completely remove 3 consecutive slashes
$stripped = 'this is a string with three\\\ slashes';
$stripped = stripslahses($stripped);
would output:
'this is a string with three\ slashes'
$stripped = 'this is a string with three\\\ slashes';
$stripped = stripslahses(stripslashes($stripped));
would output:
'this is a string with three slashes'
