Variables for every character?

[AbydosGater]

Hi im working on a game project and i need to have an array or variable for every character, number and symbol that a computer can make.. its kind of like if you wanted to make an encryptor you would asign each variable its encrypted value and make a program to switch them.. like:

 

$abw["a"] = "letter1";

$abw["b"] = "letter2";

$abw["c"] = "letter3";

$abw["A"] = "letter27";

$abw["B"] = "letter28";

 

But when you get to the symbols like \ or " they become a problem..As you can see

$abw["""] or $abw["\"] would never work and cause lots of errors!?!

 

Is there a better way to do this?

[fert]

$abw["\""] ="\"";
$abw["\\"] ="\\";