Backslashes

[jasper]

When I run this php script in Alfred, it adds backslashes before spaces (and some other characters):

$query = "{query}";
echo $query;

For example if the query was: "Alfred is an amazing app!"

The output is: "Alfred\ is\ an\ amazing\ app!"

 

I'm not too familiar with this kind of thing, so why does Alfred do this? In what cases besides before a space does it add a backslash? Is there a way to prevent it?

[vitor]

Common mistake. On the window where you’re writing your script, look for “Escaping”, right above the text area. Deselect there what you don’t want to be preceded by the backslash.

[jasper]

Ah, I see. That was simple. Thanks for your help!