The addcslashes() function returns the string with blackslashes.
Note − The addcslashes() function is case-sensitive
Syntax
addcslashes(str, characters)
Parameters
str − The string to be escaped
characters − The characters or range of characters to be escaped
Return
The addcslashes() function returns a string with backslashes in front of the specified characters.
Example
The following is an example −
<?php
$str = addcslashes("First World!","W");
echo($str);
?>Output
The following is the output −
First \World!
Example
Let us see another example −
<?php
$str = addcslashes("First World!","a..r");
echo($str);
?>Output
The following is the output −
F\i\rst W\o\r\l\d!