Escape Sequence in PHP

Backslash (\) is used in PHP as escaping character. Escape sequences are started with escaping character backslash (\).

List of widely used escape sequences in PHP:

\"	Print the next character as a double quote
\'	Print the next character as a single quote
\n	Print a new line character
\t	Print a tab character
\r	Print a carriage return
\$	Print the next character as a dollar

Escape Sequence Examples :

Here is a code example of these escape sequences in action:

<?php
    echo "This is an \"escaped double quote\" string";
    echo "Naman\'s photo";
    echo "I have \$100 in my pocket";
    echo "This ends with a line return\n";
    echo "c:\\Download\\myfile.txt";
?>

Output :
This is an "escaped double quote" string;
Naman's photo
I have $100 in my pocket
This ends with a line return


c:\Download\myfile.txt