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  <refentry id="function.addslashes">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>addslashes</refname>
    <refpurpose>Quote string with slashes</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type><methodname>addslashes</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns a string with backslashes before characters that need
     to be quoted in database queries etc.  These characters are
     single quote (<literal>'</literal>), double quote
     (<literal>"</literal>), backslash (<literal>\</literal>)
     and NUL (the &null; byte).
    </para>
    <note>
     <para>
      <link linkend="ini.magic-quotes-gpc">magic_quotes_gpc</link> is ON by default.
     </para>
    </note>
    <para>
     See also <function>stripslashes</function>, 
     <function>htmlspecialchars</function>, and
     <function>quotemeta</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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