Is there an '@' equivalent in php? like we have @"C:\Users\Documents" in C#

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Every time specifying a path, i have to add additional '\' characters. Is there a way we can have specify path

$path=@"C:\Users\Documents";//need this is php

instead of

$path="C:\\Users\\Documents";

Thanks in advance for sharing inputs

NOTE: Not looking for dirname().

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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Yes, using single quotes

$path = 'C:\Users\Documents';

this may be useful: What is the difference between single-quoted and double-quoted strings in PHP?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Nov 27 '14 at 07:23

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last quote also must be single :) – 779IDEAS Nov 27 '14 at 07:25
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sorry, that's the danger of copy&paste – Daniele D Nov 27 '14 at 07:25
Okay, it was that simple. Feel like a fool now. Much thanks guys. – Ronak Agrawal Nov 27 '14 at 07:30

SBI · Answer 2 · 2014-11-27T07:34:53.943

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You can use single quoted strings. These don't handle escape sequences such as \n \r. You can compare the functionality of single quoted php strings with the behaviour in C# according to the respective documentation pages. In C#, @"" strings are called verbatim strings.

PHP String Documentation

MSDN String Class

$string_without_escape_sequence = '\t\n\r';

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answered Nov 27 '14 at 07:28

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^ for pointing out documentation. I searched for entire file path and directory docs. – Ronak Agrawal Nov 27 '14 at 07:32

Is there an '@' equivalent in php? like we have @"C:\Users\Documents" in C#

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