PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_MAGIC_QUOTES filter

Definition and usage

The FILTER_SANITIZE_MAGIC_QUOTES filter performs the addslashes() function on a string.

This filter sets a backslash in front of a predefined string.

The predefined characters are:

single quote(')

Double quotes (")

backslash()

NULL

FILTER_SANITIZE_MAGIC_QUOTES message:

Name: "magic_quotes"

ID-number: 521

Example

The output of the code looks like this:

 string(14) "Peter's here!"