PHP string containing two forward slashes in

This is probably a very simple question, but I just can't figure it out. I want to define a string containing two forward slashes

$htmlcode="text//text";

From what I understand what follows after // are comments.

Question: How do create a string containing //?

3 Answers

Parsing of the language is a little bit tricky. Within a string literal, comments and other language features are not triggered (except for special characters which need to be escaped). Also, within block comments, line-comments are not valued.

$example1 = 'hello /* this is not a comment */ '; /* but this is */
$example2 = 'hello // this is not a comment '; //but this is
$example3 = "works the same with double quotes /* not a comment */ //not a comment ";
/* comment example $thisIsAComment //this does not escape the closing */

$htmlcode="text//text"; //this is comment.

Your string is already defined as you want it to be. Check out docs:

You should use some IDE or syntax highlighter, you will understand code more clearly. Notepad++ is free and lightweight

Your code is fine.

I would highly suggest reading the Basic Syntax - Comments guide to get a better understanding.