escaping slashes using php

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I am trying to remove the escape sequences present in between my output. I am coding using php and I have output from the function and it contains escape sequences like \r and \n. How do I escape these stuff from output so that I get a proper output. The issue is that I am trying to add this output to a csv file, so it will take \n as next line.

It has nothing to do with the way I process the data... Im just taking that from the database. I get that in the form "Randall \r\nStephenson" — user1371896, Jul 25 '12 at 05:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '12 at 04:59

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Single quotes inhibit escape sequences. '\r' is two characters, \ and r; "\r" is CR.

answered Jul 25 '12 at 04:59

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '12 at 05:01

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Use str_replace function:

$your_string =  "here is your string"

$your_string = str_replace("\n", "", $your_string);
$your_string = str_replace("\r", "", $your_string);

answered Jul 25 '12 at 05:01

levi

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 25 '12 at 05:01

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You need to use stripslashes and str_replace check them out Here and Here

answered Jul 25 '12 at 05:01

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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This post indicates that keeping the newline in the field should work, so long as:

newlines inside cells are represented as \n (str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $cell))
cells are quoted
rows are terminated with \r\n

If you're not already I'd recommend using fputcsv(), as it will take care of the quoting for you.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Jul 25 '12 at 07:37

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escaping slashes using php

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