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@NogDogNov 17.2004 — #When it gets confusing, you can use "curly braces" to deliniate your variable names:
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Escaping underscores in PHP
Okay, I’m using a form to automate information that I need to add to javascript files. The problem is I can’t find out to escape underscores. The JS function I have running cannot have spaces. So, I input underscores and have the function reset underscores to spaces on output (don’t ask). So, the information I need output doesn’t have any spaces at all. The problem that I have is that some places need an underscore directly after a variable. The underscore is seen as an extension of the variable when I write this. Can I escape the underscore? I’ve tried __
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@NogDogNov 17.2004 — #When it gets confusing, you can use "curly braces" to deliniate your variable names:[code=php]
$variable_name = "test";
$_POST['something'] = $variable_name;
echo "Blah blah ${variable_name}_followed_by_underscores.";
echo "Blah blah ${_POST['something']}[followed by a bracket in the text.";
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</i>Blah blah test_followed_by_underscores.
Blah blah test[followed by a bracket in the text.