[Resolved] explanation about a path

[Jyotsna]

Can someone tell me why I should use this kind of path (with the double backslashes) here. It works, but I need an explanation to add in my final work to finish my studies...

$caminho="C:\WebPub\www.upt.pt\www\htdocs\imagens\fotos\";

$caminhourl ="../imagens/fotos/";
$file=$caminho.$linhadocente["id_doc"];
switch(true)
{
case file_exists($file.".jpg"):
$foto=$file.'.jpg';
break;
case file_exists($file.".gif"):
$foto=$file.'.gif';
break;
case file_exists($file.".bmp"):
$foto=$file.'.bmp';
break;
default:
$foto=$caminhourl.'silhueta.gif';
break;
}

echo '<img src="'.$foto.'" border=1 width="100" height="150">'; ?>

[superwormy]

The \ character is an escape character in PHP. ie when you do this print ("\""); the \ escapes teh " so you dont get a parse error.

But if you did this: print ("\"); it would try to escape the " and would result in a parse error, so you need to escaep teh \ as well with another \, so you get print ("\");

[saidbakr]

Look also for Magic quot in php.ini
search for this in it:
magic_quot