stripslashes

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Un-quotes a quoted string.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

stripslashes Function synopsis

stripslashes(string $string): string

Parameters

$string

Typestring

The input string.

Return value

Typestring

Returns a string with backslashes stripped off. (\' becomes ' and so on.) Double backslashes (\\) are made into a single backslash (\).

Changes to the stripslashes Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $str to $string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($string): string
- stripslashes($str)
+ stripslashes(string $string): string

stripslashes Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes