"\/" text shows up within my JSON link values

Question

My database contains links to images which are displayed properly within their structure. When I run my PHP code, the outputted JSON values are the same image links which fail to load because the links keep being outputted like this:

https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/00\/s\/NDQwWDgwMA==\/z\/ViAAAOSwhmtbN7fe\/$_59.JPG\r\n

Even though the database displays it like this:

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDQwWDgwMA==/z/ViAAAOSwhmtbN7fe/$_59.JPG

Is there something wrong with my PHP code?

In PHP `\\` is "escape". Meaning don't read `\\` as a special character, just read it as a string `\\` with no actions attached. Edit: see it's even impossible to write it here on SO. That's how special that character is — Andreas, Jul 04 '18 at 18:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '18 at 18:35

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you can use string replace function in php for remove (\)

$your_string = str_replace("\\", "", $your_string);

answered Jul 04 '18 at 18:35

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That may work but is not the correct method to do it. What if there is a Windows path in the string? – Andreas Jul 04 '18 at 18:37
Please send an example – Courses Cart Jul 04 '18 at 18:40
It's a Json string. It can have multiple values in the same string. Just create one on your own one item with a weblink and one item with a Windows path – Andreas Jul 04 '18 at 18:42
? I think you are getting this path file://c:/ – Courses Cart Jul 04 '18 at 18:47

Muhammad Hassaan · Answer 2 · 2018-07-05T04:05:36.980

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Simple use stripslashes()

First remove \r\n using str_replace() from link/url and then apply stripslashes()

$link = 'https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/00\/s\/NDQwWDgwMA==\/z\/ViAAAOSwhmtbN7fe\/$_59.JPG\r\n';
$link = stripslashes( str_replace("\\r\\n", '', $link) );
echo $link;

edited Jul 05 '18 at 04:05

answered Jul 04 '18 at 18:37

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Doesn't work https://3v4l.org/1G1Qr – Andreas Jul 04 '18 at 18:41
@Andreas i have updated my answer. https://3v4l.org/DW1Au – Muhammad Hassaan Jul 05 '18 at 04:06

"\/" text shows up within my JSON link values

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