issue with backslashes in windows url

[denoteone]

I having issues with baclslashes in my file path saved in a string.

 

 

$ffmpeg = "C:\xampp\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe"

echo $ffmpeg;

I get  C: mpp fmpeg\bin fmpeg.exe

[TeddyKiller]

These are used in your string- \x \a \f (the \x and \a is combined as \xa)

They are valid expressions, just like \n is a linebreak.

You MIGHT be able to prevent it using single quotes. Not quite sure.

 

There is a function that stops this from happening.. I read it in my book, although I forgot..

[PFMaBiSmAd]

That's because inside of a double-quoted string \f and \xhh have special meaning.

 

Because php under Windows converts / into \ before passing file paths to the operating system, you can just use /

[Muddy_Funster]

Most people learn to read before they learn to write...It's on the first page 

 

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