Escape Slash

No Escape Slash

Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favorite book authors. His way of writing and theme always keeps me interested.

With Escape Slash

$var is one of my favorite book authors. His way of writing and theme always keeps me interested.

Explanation

An escape slash, also called a backslash, is used in PHP to prevent special characters from being interpreted normally. For example, using \$var will display the text $var instead of showing the variable’s stored value, allowing you to print it exactly how the variable is named.