php-doc-en/reference/strings/functions/addslashes.xml
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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.addslashes">
<refnamediv>
<refname>addslashes</refname>
<refpurpose>Quote string with slashes</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<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>
<para>
An example use of <function>addslashes</function> is when you're
entering data into a database. For example, to insert the name
<literal>O'reilly</literal> into a database, you will need to escape
it. It's highly recommended to use DBMS specific escape function
(e.g. <function>mysqli_real_escape_string</function> for MySQL or
<function>pg_escape_string</function> for PostgreSQL), but
if the DBMS you're using doesn't have an escape function
and the DBMS uses <literal>\</literal> to escape special chars,
you can use this function. This would only be to get the data
into the database, the extra <literal>\</literal> will not be inserted.
Having the PHP directive <link linkend="ini.magic-quotes-sybase">
magic_quotes_sybase</link> set to <literal>on</literal> will mean
<literal>'</literal> is instead escaped with another
<literal>'</literal>.
</para>
<para>
The PHP directive <link linkend="ini.magic-quotes-gpc">
magic_quotes_gpc</link> was <literal>on</literal> by default before PHP 5.4, and it
essentially ran <function>addslashes</function> on all GET, POST,
and COOKIE data. Do not use <function>addslashes</function> on
strings that have already been escaped with
<link linkend="ini.magic-quotes-gpc">magic_quotes_gpc</link> as you'll
then do double escaping. The function
<function>get_magic_quotes_gpc</function> may come in handy for
checking this.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>str</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The string to be escaped.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the escaped string.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>An <function>addslashes</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$str = "Is your name O'reilly?";
// Outputs: Is your name O\'reilly?
echo addslashes($str);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>stripcslashes</function></member>
<member><function>stripslashes</function></member>
<member><function>addcslashes</function></member>
<member><function>htmlspecialchars</function></member>
<member><function>quotemeta</function></member>
<member><function>get_magic_quotes_gpc</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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