Php how to escape character of file path

Question

$filePath="c:\tmp\2012\tmp\test.txt";

$array=explode("\",$filePath);

foreach($array as $test){
    echo $test;
}

I want to separate the $filePath by "\", but the escape characters.. How to solve this? THank you very much

Answer 1

You either need to use single quotes:

$filePath='c:\tmp\2012\tmp\test.txt';

Or double escape:

$filePath="c:\\tmp\2012\\tmp\\test.txt";

Note you need two slashes in your explode call:

$array=explode("\\",$filePath);