putting a backslash before apostrophe

Question

Which function processes a string putting a backslash before every apostrophes? In other words, I want that

$string="L'isola";
echo somefunction($string);

returns:

L\'isola

I think you're after `addslashes`. However, don't use this for inserting data into databases - use parameterisation instead. — halfer, Dec 22 '13 at 20:27
This should get you what you want: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8251426/insert-string-at-specified-position][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8251426/insert-string-at-specified-position — sinrise, Dec 22 '13 at 20:28
OP stated that he wants a backslash before every apostrophe, not that he wants every special character escaping. — The Blue Dog, Dec 22 '13 at 20:42

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '13 at 20:30

You have to use addslashes() method to escape the quote Ex:

<?php
$str = "Is your name O'reilly?";

// Outputs: Is your name O\'reilly?
echo addslashes($str);
?>

and the reverse method is stripslashes() which remove slashes Ex:

<?php
$str = "Is your name O\'reilly?";

// Outputs: Is your name O'reilly?
echo stripslashes($str);
?>

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '13 at 20:28

2

you can use the addslashes() function more information can be found here

answered Dec 22 '13 at 20:28

Yehia Awad

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '13 at 20:31

1

str_replace will do that for you.

str_replace("'", "\'", $mystring);

answered Dec 22 '13 at 20:31

The Blue Dog

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