reverse mysql_real_escape_string

Question

I have a piece of data that is large and will probably contain quotes and double quotes.

I\'m using mysql_real_escape_string() to store it safely.

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Answer 1

If you actually want to reverse that because of how your data is formatted, this is a solution I came up with:

function mysql_unreal_escape_string($string) {
    $characters = array('x00', 'n', 'r', '\\', '\'', '"','x1a');
    $o_chars = array("\x00", "\n", "\r", "\\", "'", "\"", "\x1a");
    for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($string); $i++) {
        if (substr($string, $i, 1) == '\\') {
            foreach ($characters as $index => $char) {
                if ($i <= strlen($string) - strlen($char) && substr($string, $i + 1, strlen($char)) == $char) {
                    $string = substr_replace($string, $o_chars[$index], $i, strlen($char) + 1);
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return $string;
}