PHP Function preg_quote()

Syntax

string preg_quote ( string $str [, string $delimiter] );

Definition and Usage

preg_quote() takes str and puts a backslash in front of every character that is part of the regular expression syntax.

Return Value

• Returns the quoted string.

Example

Following is the piece of code, copy and paste this code into a file and verify the result.

<?php $keywords = '$40 for a g3/400'; $keywords = preg_quote($keywords, '/'); echo $keywords; ?>

This will produce following result.

\$40 for a g3\/400