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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject: Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 03:21:54 +0200
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Arno Welzel, 2014-06-20 03:19:

> richard, 2014-06-20 01:33:
> 
>> $a=str_replace($a,"\","");
>>
>> This generates the error: Unexpected "".
>>
>> http://www.php.net//manual/en/function.str-replace.php
>>
>> While here in the manual, they do precisely the same thing!
> 
> No - they don't!
> 
> Use: $a=str_replace($a,"\"","");

Sorry - of course: $a=str_replace("\"","",$a);

Since the order of the parameters is

1) What to search
2) What to replace
3) Where to search in

> Beware of the double quotes, since \ starts an escape - this means, the
> meaning of the second quote (") is NOT "end string here".
> 
> To make this more clear:
> 
> 
> " <- String starts here. \" <- This just ONE character  end here -> "


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