phpjs/_octopress/source/functions/escapeshellarg/index.markdown

php.js offers community built php functions in javascript

---
layout: page
title: "JavaScript escapeshellarg function"
comments: true
sharing: true
footer: true
alias:
- /functions/view/escapeshellarg:866
- /functions/view/escapeshellarg
- /functions/view/866
- /functions/escapeshellarg:866
- /functions/866
---
<!-- Generated by Rakefile:build -->
A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's escapeshellarg

{% codeblock exec/escapeshellarg.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/exec/escapeshellarg.js raw on github %}
function escapeshellarg (arg) {
  // From: http://phpjs.org/functions
  // +   original by: Felix Geisendoerfer (http://www.debuggable.com/felix)
  // +   improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // *     example 1: escapeshellarg("kevin's birthday");
  // *     returns 1: "'kevin\'s birthday'"
  var ret = '';

  ret = arg.replace(/[^\\]'/g, function (m, i, s) {
    return m.slice(0, 1) + '\\\'';
  });

  return "'" + ret + "'";
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [Raw function on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/exec/escapeshellarg.js)

Please note that php.js uses JavaScript objects as substitutes for PHP arrays, they are 
the closest match to this hashtable-like data structure. 

Please also note that php.js offers community built functions and goes by the 
[McDonald's Theory](https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/9216e1c9da7d). We'll put online 
functions that are far from perfect, in the hopes to spark better contributions. 
Do you have one? Then please just: 

 - [Edit on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/exec/escapeshellarg.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
escapeshellarg("kevin's birthday");
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
"'kevin\'s birthday'"
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the exec extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/exec.html %}