- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- stripcslashes: documentation ( source)
- addcslashes: documentation ( source)
<?php
$strings = array('\s', '\n\t', "abc", 'abc\\\\foo');
foreach ($strings as $str) {
$stripped = stripcslashes($str);
$rebuilt = addcslashes($stripped, '\\');
var_dump($str, $str === $rebuilt, $rebuilt);
}