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title: "JavaScript addslashes function"
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- /functions/view/addslashes:303
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A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's addslashes

{% codeblock strings/addslashes.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/strings/addslashes.js raw on github %}
function addslashes (str) {
  // From: http://phpjs.org/functions
  // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
  // +   improved by: Ates Goral (http://magnetiq.com)
  // +   improved by: marrtins
  // +   improved by: Nate
  // +   improved by: Onno Marsman
  // +   input by: Denny Wardhana
  // +   improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // +   improved by: Oskar Larsson Högfeldt (http://oskar-lh.name/)
  // *     example 1: addslashes("kevin's birthday");
  // *     returns 1: 'kevin\'s birthday'
  return (str + '').replace(/[\\"']/g, '\\$&').replace(/\u0000/g, '\\0');
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [Raw function on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/strings/addslashes.js)

Please note that php.js uses JavaScript objects as substitutes for PHP arrays, they are 
the closest match to this hashtable-like data structure. 

Please also note that php.js offers community built functions and goes by the 
[McDonald's Theory](https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/9216e1c9da7d). We'll put online 
functions that are far from perfect, in the hopes to spark better contributions. 
Do you have one? Then please just: 

 - [Edit on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/strings/addslashes.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
addslashes("kevin's birthday");
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
'kevin\'s birthday'
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the strings extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/strings.html %}