escapeshellarg — Escape a string to be used as a shell argument
Description
stringescapeshellarg
( string$arg
)
escapeshellarg() adds single quotes around a string
and quotes/escapes any existing single quotes allowing you to pass a
string directly to a shell function and having it be treated as a single
safe argument. This function should be used to escape individual
arguments to shell functions coming from user input. The shell functions
include exec(), system() and the
backtick operator.
Program execution Functions
