Escape Character Example

Using and Not Using Escape Characters

With Escape Slash: It's a beautiful day!

Without Escape Slash: Syntax error if used without escape in single quotes.

Explanation

The escape character (backslash \) in PHP allows you to include special characters in strings, such as apostrophes or quotes, without causing syntax errors. In the example above, using \\ before the apostrophe in \'It\'s\' prevents PHP from misinterpreting it as the end of the string. Without the escape, PHP would throw an error.