PHP - Escape Characters
Escape Character
To insert characters that are illegal in a string, use an escape character.
An escape character is a backslash \
followed by the character you want to insert.
An example of an illegal character is a double quote inside a string that is surrounded by double quotes:
To fix this problem, use the escape character \":
Escape Characters
Other escape characters used in PHP:
| Code | Result | Try it |
|---|---|---|
| \' | Single Quote | Try it » |
| \" | Double Quote | Try it » |
| \$ | PHP variables | Try it » |
| \n | New Line | Try it » |
| \r | Carriage Return | Try it » |
| \t | Tab | Try it » |
| \f | Form Feed | |
| \ooo | Octal value | Try it » |
| \xhh | Hex value | Try it » |
