i'm not sure what you're trying to do, but why not this?

$var = 'foo';
$quoted_var = '"' . $var . '"';

jack


davidt wrote:

> php-general -
>
> how to quote the value of the variable? I am looking for function it is something 
>like
> $testvar=false
> quotefunc($testvar);
> now the value is "false"
>
> This failed....
>
> $boo=false;
> exec("sed -e s/$boo/true/g $pathfile > $newfile")
>
> So i replace $boo value with
> $boo="false";   <---  add " "
> and it works.
>
> davidt
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