package main import ( "errors" "strconv" "strings" ) func phpUnquote(s string) (string, error) { if len(s) == 0 { return "", errors.New("expected quotes around string") } if s[0] == '"' { // Quote system is similar enough to Go's that strconv will probably just work return strconv.Unquote(s) } if s[0] == '\'' { // Single-quotes escape fewer things unSQuo := strings.NewReplacer(`\'`, `'`, `\\`, `\`) return unSQuo.Replace(s[1 : len(s)-1]), nil } return "", errors.New("expected single/double quotes") }