What Are Escaping Characters?

The “ \ ” backslash character can be used to escape characters.

\n outputs content to the next new line.

\r makes a return

\t makes a tab

\’ outputs a single quotation mark.

\” outputs a double quotation mark.

Example 55:

<?php

echo “PHP said \” Hello World\” ”;    

//    \” outputs a double quotation mark .

?>     

Output:    

PHP said “ Hello World”

Explanation:

\” outputs a double quotation mark.