Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/22/07 01:32

dkirkdrei@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am having a bit of trouble trying to double up on slashes in a file
> path. What I am trying to do is very similar to the code below:
>
> <?
> $var = "\\wusais\Intranets\Intranets\fpdb\pdf\weinig\00505882.pdf";
> $new = preg_replace("\\", "\\\", "$var");
> ?>
>
> Code above produces the following error:
>
> Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot
> \pages\replace.php on line 12
>
> In the end, $new needs to be: \\\\wusais\\Intranets\\Intranets\\fpdb\
> \pdf\\weinig\\00505882.pdf
>
> but it seems to be very difficult replacing slashes.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>

Why go to all that trouble? str_replace is much easier and faster.

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