Programming Reference:Functions:CCAddEscape

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Description
Add escape characters for literal or special symbols.

Location
Common

Syntax

CCAddEscape(string);

Return value
String

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
String	String	Text to have escape characters added.	Yes

See also:

PHP

function CCAddEscape($FormatMask)
{
  $meta_characters = array("\\", "^", "\$", ".", "[", "|", "(", ")", "?", "*", "+", "{", "-", "]", "/");
  for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($meta_characters); $i++)
    $FormatMask = str_replace($meta_characters[$i], "\\" . $meta_characters[$i], $FormatMask);
  return $FormatMask;
}