Remove backslash \ from string using preg replace of php
php, preg-replace, regex, replace, stripslashes
Solution
To use backslash in replacement, it must be doubled (`\\\\` PHP string) in preg_replace
echo preg_replace('/\\\\/', '', $var);
Problem
I want to remove the backslash alone using php preg replace. For example: I have a string looks like ``` $var = "This is the for \testing and i want to add the # and remove \slash alone from the given string"; ``` How to remove the `\` alone from the corresponding string using php `preg_replace`