backslash at the end of string

[pandaNL]

how to assign string "Mypath\something\" to variable $foo if it ends with a backslash?

$foo = "Mypath\something\";

does not work here because PHP treats \" as a one symbol

[pandaNL]

These escape sequences mean that backslash has a special meaning in strings. To include a backslash itself in a string, you need to escape the backslash with a backslash. For example:

$file = "c:\windows\system.ini";
echo $file; // prints c:windowssystem.ini

$file = "c:\windows\system.ini";
echo $file; // prints c:\windows\system.ini