How can escaping characters in PHP code prevent syntax errors like the one mentioned in the forum thread?

Escaping characters in PHP code prevents syntax errors by telling the interpreter to treat certain characters as literal characters rather than special characters that have a specific meaning in PHP syntax. This can be done by adding a backslash (\) before the character that needs to be escaped. For example, if you want to include a double quote within a string, you can escape it with a backslash (\").

// Example of escaping characters in PHP code to prevent syntax errors
$string = "This is a \"quoted\" string with escaped double quotes";
echo $string;