addslashes()

addslashes()

function addslashes(string $string): string

Adds backslashes before characters that need to be escaped.

Parameters:

• $string (string)

Returns: string

Availability

• Compiled (AOT): supported by the Elephc code generator.
• eval() (magician interpreter): supported — declarative interpreter builtin (crates/elephc-magician/src/interpreter/builtins/string/addslashes.rs).

No examples yet — check examples/ and showcases/ for usage patterns.

Internals

For how addslashes is implemented in the compiler, see the internals page.