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PHP Escape Characters

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Escape characters are used to represent characters that are difficult or impossible to type directly in a string, or to insert special characters within a string. These escape characters are typically represented with a backslash (\) followed by a character or a sequence.


Common Escape Characters in PHP


Here’s a list of commonly used escape sequences in PHP:

Escape Sequence

Description

Example

\'

To include single quotes inside a string

 
echo 'It\'s a sunny day!'


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\"

To include double quotes inside a string

 
echo "She said, \"Hello!\"";


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\\

To include a literal backslash (\)

 
echo "C:\\Program Files\\PHP";


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\n

To insert newline characters (\n) 

 
echo "Hello\nWorld!";


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\r

Moves the cursor to the start of the line

 
echo "Hello World\rPHP";


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\t

It inserts a horizontal tab space

 
echo "Name\tAge\nJohn\t25"; 


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\f

Form feed(Rarely used)

 
"Text\fEnd"

\xXX

Hexadecimal character (XX is a two-digit hex number)

 
echo "\x48\x65\x6c\x6c\x6f";


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\u{XXXX}

Unicode escape (for characters above 255)

 
echo "Hello \u{1F600}";

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