PHP Escape Slash

Example Using the Escape Slash

Example NOT Using the Escape Slash

What Does the Escape Slash Do?

The escape slash, which is a backslash in PHP, allows special characters such as quotation marks to be used inside a string. In the first example, the backslashes tell PHP that the quotation marks are part of the text instead of marking the end of the string. This allows the quotation marks to appear on the webpage.