PHP - Escape Characters
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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:
ExampleGet your own PHP Server
$x = "We are the so-called "Vikings" from the north.";
Try it Yourself »To fix this problem, use the escape character \"
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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 » |
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