PHP doesn't like "\" in string

[murdocsvan]

Here is my code:

 

$site_image = "D:\Hosting\html\" . $_POST['image'];

 

I get the following error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING

 

The problem:

 

For some reason, PHP doesn't likle me putting "\" at the end of the string, but doesn't mind if it's in the middle. Is there a way around this?

[kenrbnsn]

The "\" character is the escape character. To use one "\" in a string you need two "\\".

 

Use a forward slash in the file spec. PHP know enough to translate to the Windows form when you're running on Windows. This way you don't have to change your code when you move it to a Linux server.

 

Ken

[premiso]

You could also probably (not knowing how your server is setup) get away with using:

 

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to get to your server document root instead of having to manually define it. This will also make the code a bit more portable.

[murdocsvan]

You could also probably (not knowing how your server is setup) get away with using:

 

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to get to your server document root instead of having to manually define it. This will also make the code a bit more portable.

 

Thanks for that, very helpful