stripcslashes

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

stripcslashes — Un-quote string quoted with addcslashes()

function stripcslashes(string $string): string

Returns a string with backslashes stripped off. Recognizes C-like \n, \r ..., octal and hexadecimal representation.

Returns the unescaped string.

Example #1 stripcslashes() example

<?php

var_dump(stripcslashes('I\'d have a coffee.\nNot a problem.') === "I'd have a coffee.
Not a problem."); // true
?>