quotemeta
PHP function
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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Quote meta characters
Description
quotemeta(string $string): string
Returns a version of str with a backslash character (\) before every character that is among these:
output
. \ + * ? [ ^ ] ( $ )Parameters
stringThe input string.
Return Values
Returns the string with meta characters quoted. If an empty string is given as string, an empty string is returned.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | Returns an empty string, instead of false, when string is empty. |
Examples
quotemeta() example
php
<?php
var_dump(quotemeta('PHP is a popular scripting language. Fast, flexible, and pragmatic.'));
?>The above example will output:
output
string(69) "PHP is a popular scripting language\. Fast, flexible, and pragmatic\."