help with "\100"

[1992mr2]

Hi,

I'm trying to modify an ldap attribute to contain a string that includes "\100". However, I cannot assign the data, which is a directory path like "c:\foldername\10024", to a variable or to an array element. The "\100" get's reinterpreted as "@" each time. I've tried variations with preg_replace, no luck. Here's some simple example code for what i'm trying:

$folder = "c:\foldername\10024";
echo $folder;

You'll see that the output will contain "c:\foldername@24" instead of the expected value.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

[NogDog]

In double-quotes string literals, a literal back-slash must be escaped with a back-slash:

$folder = "c:\\foldername\\10024";

[bradgrafelman]

Alternatively, you could always use forward slashes for your paths.

[1992mr2]

Thanks for the help. I was using a literal string to test, rather than the home directory value pulled directly from ldap, and that was giving me errors. When I used the value pulled from ldap on a test user, I don't seem to have the escape problem. Seems to work ok now.

[alphasynaptic]

I'm fairly sure another option still would be to use single ticks (') instead of double (") around your echo statement. Single ticks cause the entire statement to be literal and none of it will parse. even valid variables. This is the easiest way to do it I believe. Could be wrong though.