Add backslashes in front of the predefined characters in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to add backslashes in front of the predefined characters.
Example
/* ww w. j av a2 s . c o m*/
<?php
$str = "Hello world. (can you hear me?)";
$str1 = "1 + 1 = 2";
$str2 = "1 * 1 = 1";
$str3 = "Could you borrow me 5$?";
$str4 = "Are you not entertained? (I am..)";
$str5 = "The caret [ ^ ] Looks like a hat!";
echo quotemeta($str1)."<br>";
echo quotemeta($str2)."<br>";
echo quotemeta($str3)."<br>";
echo quotemeta($str4)."<br>";
echo quotemeta($str5)."<br>";
?>
The code above generates the following result.
