Dear @Astor-Bizard,

Using the PHP addslashes function instead of the Linux sed command could improve readability and make the code easier to understand for developers familiar with PHP. It may also simplify maintenance by reducing reliance on external command-line utilities.

Let me know your thoughts.

Hi,

I totally agree about the readability part, the sed escape I wrote really is a nightmare.

However, using addslashes like this:

vpl_bash_export('VPL_COMPILATIONFAILED', addslashes(get_string('VPL_COMPILATIONFAILED', VPL)));

does not work.

Additionnally, I usually prefer to let the code part that actually needs the escaping do the escaping. And in that case, it is the bash script that needs to include this string within both double and simple quotes.

By all means, if you find a way to write a quote escaping that looks less like "backslash hell", please tell me 😄