PHP backslash problem

[jplavoie]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a problem I just can't figure out.

 

I'm trying to create a .tex file from php string.  I write text in a variable i.e $test = ' text in want in the file '.

 

Then I put this information in my sql database and user can then click on a link to download the text file.

 

The problem is that I can't for some reason insert a backslash \ in the text since php takes this as the beginning of a command.  I tried the double backslash but it outpouts only a space and not a backslash.

 

Any ideas??

 

Thanks,

 

JP

 

 

[Jessica]

Can you show an example of what doesn't work?

Post your code in code tags.

Doing $test = "Text in \\ a File"; should work.

[hvle]

or

 

$text = <<<OEM

this is another way \ text

 

OEM;

 

echo $text;