note 86044 added to language.types.string

Simple function to create human-readably escaped double-quoted strings for use in source code or when debugging strings with newlines/tabs/etc.

<?php
function doubleQuote($str) {
    $ret = '"';
    for ($i = 0, $l = strlen($str); $i < $l; ++$i) {
        $o = ord($str[$i]);
        if ($o < 31 || $o > 126) {
            switch ($o) {
                case 9: $ret .= '\t'; break;
                case 10: $ret .= '\n'; break;
                case 11: $ret .= '\v'; break;
                case 12: $ret .= '\f'; break;
                case 13: $ret .= '\r'; break;
                default: $ret .= '\x' . str_pad(dechex($o), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
            }
        } else {
            switch ($o) {
                case 36: $ret .= '\$'; break;
                case 34: $ret .= '\"'; break;
                case 92: $ret .= '\\\\'; break;
                default: $ret .= $str[$i];
            }
        }
    }
    return $ret . '"';
}
?>
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