Posted by Robin Vickery on 09/25/63 11:25

On 8/31/05, Ahmed Abdel-Aliem <me2resh@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi
> i have a problem when i am formating a string
> the problem is it converts the \n in the string to a new line
> here is the code
>
> <?
> $Text = "D:\AppServ\www\intranet\admin\store\nodirectory\sub";
> $Replace = "D:\AppServ\www\intranet\admin\store";
> $with = "http://localhost/bank/admin/store";

Don't use double quotes if you don't want escape sequences to be expanded.

$Text = 'D:\AppServ\www\intranet\admin\store\nodirectory\sub';
$Replace = 'D:\AppServ\www\intranet\admin\store';
$with = 'http://localhost/bank/admin/store';

-robin

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