PHP Functions Essential Reference

stripcslashes

string stripcslashes(string string) 

Converts C-style escape sequences to their literal values and strips leading backslashes.

Returns:

String

Description:

stripcslashes() converts C-style escape sequences (\, \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v, and \x hh hex and \ ooo octal character escape sequences) to their literal equivalents. Additionally, it strips the backslash from escape sequences that it doesn’t recognize.

Version:

PHP 4.0b4+

See also:

To remove backslashes without performing conversions:

stripslashes() 

To add escape sequences to a string:

addslashes() 
addcslashes() 

Example:

Convert C-style escape sequences to their literal equivalents

<?php $quote = '"The only processes that we can rely on indefinitely are cyclical;\n' ...