backslashit() │ WP 0.71

Adds a backslash (\) before letters and before digits at the beginning of the string.

No Hooks.

Returns

String. the formatted string.

Usage

<?php backslashit( $string ) ?>
$string(string) (required)
The string to be formatted.

Examples

0

#1 Add escaping slashes to the line characters. 

$string = "321!hello&<-->ещеLetters&123";

echo backslashit( $string );

// we get: 1!\h\e\l\l\o&<-->еще\L\e\t\t\e\r\s&123

Changelog

Since 0.71 Introduced.

backslashit() code WP 6.9.1

wp-includes/formatting.php 
function backslashit( $value ) {
	if ( isset( $value[0] ) && $value[0] >= '0' && $value[0] <= '9' ) {
		$value = '\\\\' . $value;
	}
	return addcslashes( $value, 'A..Za..z' );
}

Formatting