T string error

[seany123]

Is there any function i can use to make this T STRING error stop?

 

$desc = "this is a "test" this is a test";

 

i just want it so everything inside the initial 2 "s are classed as just normal text or whatever?

 

Thanks

[Pikachu2000]

You can either escape the inner quotes with backslashes, or enclose the string in the opposite (single) quotes.

[Clarkeez]

$desc = "this is a \"test\" this is a test";

or

$desc = 'this is a "test" this is a test';

[seany123]

using a Single ' wont work becuase some of the strings use the single quotes.. which would give the same result.

 

manually adding backslashes again wont be economical because the strings that im having this problem with are in my database and there are atleast 50,000 strings.

 

is there no way of just stating that everything inside the initial ""s should be classed as normal text then?

[Pikachu2000]

You should have stated that up front. What about using HEREDOC syntax?