Posted by dkirkdrei on 09/22/07 01:39

On Sep 21, 9:32 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> dkirkd...@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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tried:

<?
$var = "\\wusais\Intranets\Intranets\fpdb\pdf\weinig\00505882.pdf";
$new = str_replace("\\", "\\\\", "$var");
?>

and received:

\\wusais\\Intranets\\Intranets\\fpdb\\pdf\\weinig05882.pdf

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