PHP: stripslashes - Manual (original) (raw)
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stripslashes — Un-quotes a quoted string
Description
stripslashes() can be used if you aren't inserting this data into a place (such as a database) that requires escaping. For example, if you're simply outputting data straight from an HTML form.
Parameters
string
The input string.
Return Values
Returns a string with backslashes stripped off. (\' becomes ' and so on.) Double backslashes (\\) are made into a single backslash (\).
Examples
Example #1 A stripslashes() example
<?php
$str = "Is your name O\'reilly?";
// Outputs: Is your name O'reilly?
echo stripslashes($str);
?>Note:
stripslashes() is not recursive. If you want to apply this function to a multi-dimensional array, you need to use a recursive function.
Example #2 Using stripslashes() on an array
<?php
function stripslashes_deep($value)
{
<span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>u</mi><mi>e</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>i</mi><msub><mi>s</mi><mi>a</mi></msub><mi>r</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>y</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">value = is_array(</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">v</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">u</span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">i</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1514em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">a</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s"></span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">rr</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mopen">(</span></span></span></span>value) ?
array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) :
stripslashes($value);
return $value;
}
// Example
$array = array("f\\'oo", "b\\'ar", array("fo\\'o", "b\\'ar")); <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>y</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>s</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>e</mi><msub><mi>s</mi><mi>d</mi></msub><mi>e</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>p</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">array = stripslashes_deep(</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.625em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">rr</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal">i</span><span class="mord mathnormal">p</span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal">h</span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">d</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s"></span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord mathnormal">ee</span><span class="mord mathnormal">p</span><span class="mopen">(</span></span></span></span>array);
// Output
print_r($array);
?>The above example will output:
Array ( [0] => f'oo [1] => b'ar [2] => Array ( [0] => fo'o [1] => b'ar )
)
See Also
- addslashes() - Quote string with slashes
- get_magic_quotes_gpc() - Gets the current configuration setting of magic_quotes_gpc
Found A Problem?
ivijan dot stefan at gmail dot com ¶
12 years ago
Sometimes for some reason is happens that PHP or Javascript or some naughty insert a lot of backslash. Ordinary function does not notice that. Therefore, it is necessary that the bit "inflate":
<?php
function removeslashes($string)
{
<span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>s</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>g</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>i</mi><mi>m</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>d</mi><mi>e</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">"</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">"</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>e</mi><mi>x</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>d</mi><mi>e</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">"</mi><mspace linebreak="newline"></mspace><mi mathvariant="normal">"</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">string=implode("",explode("\\",</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.854em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">g</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">im</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">pl</span><span class="mord mathnormal">o</span><span class="mord mathnormal">d</span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord">""</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">pl</span><span class="mord mathnormal">o</span><span class="mord mathnormal">d</span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord">"</span></span><span class="mspace newline"></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8889em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord">"</span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span>string));
return stripslashes(trim($string));
}
/* Example */
$text="My dog don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t like the postman!";
echo removeslashes($text);
?>
RESULT: My dog don't like the postman!
This flick has served me wery well, because I had this problem before.shredder at technodrome dot com ¶
17 years ago
Hi,
Here are recursive addslashes / stripslashes functions.
given a string - it will simply add / strip slashes
given an array - it will recursively add / strip slashes from the array and all of it subarrays.
if the value is not a string or array - it will remain unmodified!
<?php
function add_slashes_recursive( $variable )
{
if ( is_string( $variable ) )
return addslashes( $variable ) ;
elseif ( is_array( $variable ) )
foreach( <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>b</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>s</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">variable as </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">v</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal">iab</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span></span></span></span>i => $value )
<span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>b</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>e</mi><mo stretchy="false">[</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">variable[ </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">v</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal">iab</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mopen">[</span></span></span></span>i ] = add_slashes_recursive( $value ) ;
return $variable ;
}
function strip_slashes_recursive( $variable )
{
if ( is_string( $variable ) )
return stripslashes( $variable ) ;
if ( is_array( $variable ) )
foreach( <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>b</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>s</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">variable as </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">v</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal">iab</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span></span></span></span>i => $value )
<span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>b</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>e</mi><mo stretchy="false">[</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">variable[ </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">v</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal">iab</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mopen">[</span></span></span></span>i ] = strip_slashes_recursive( $value ) ;
return $variable ;
}
?>17 years ago
A replacement that should be safe on utf-8 strings.
<?php
preg_replace(array('/\x5C(?!\x5C)/u', '/\x5C\x5C/u'), array('','\\'), $s);
?>17 years ago
If you need to remove all slashes from a string, here's a quick hack:
<?php
function stripallslashes($string) {
while(strchr($string,'\\')) {
<span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>s</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>g</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>s</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>s</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">string = stripslashes(</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.854em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">g</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal">i</span><span class="mord mathnormal">p</span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal">h</span><span class="mord mathnormal">es</span><span class="mopen">(</span></span></span></span>string);
}
}
?>
Hope it's usefull , O-Zone19 years ago
in response to crab dot crab at gmail dot com:
$value need not be passed by reference. The 'stripped' value is returned. The passed value is not altered.22 years ago
Might I warn readers that they should be vary careful with the use of stripslashes on Japanese text. The shift_jis character set includes a number of two-byte code charcters that contain the hex-value 0x5c (backslash) which will get stripped by this function thus garbling those characters.
What a nightmare!