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title: "JavaScript stripslashes function"
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A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's stripslashes

{% codeblock strings/stripslashes.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/strings/stripslashes.js raw on github %}
function stripslashes (str) {
  // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
  // +   improved by: Ates Goral (http://magnetiq.com)
  // +      fixed by: Mick@el
  // +   improved by: marrtins
  // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
  // +   improved by: rezna
  // +   input by: Rick Waldron
  // +   reimplemented by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // +   input by: Brant Messenger (http://www.brantmessenger.com/)
  // +   bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // *     example 1: stripslashes('Kevin\'s code');
  // *     returns 1: "Kevin's code"
  // *     example 2: stripslashes('Kevin\\\'s code');
  // *     returns 2: "Kevin\'s code"
  return (str + '').replace(/\\(.?)/g, function (s, n1) {
    switch (n1) {
    case '\\':
      return '\\';
    case '0':
      return '\u0000';
    case '':
      return '';
    default:
      return n1;
    }
  });
}
{% endcodeblock %}

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

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
stripslashes('Kevin\'s code');
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
"Kevin's code"
{% endcodeblock %}

### Example 2
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
stripslashes('Kevin\\\'s code');
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
"Kevin\'s code"
{% endcodeblock %}


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