{"id":10473,"date":"2024-03-14T12:11:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-using-escape-characters-in-mysql\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T23:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:57:27","slug":"what-is-the-method-for-using-escape-characters-in-mysql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-using-escape-characters-in-mysql\/","title":{"rendered":"MySQL Escape Characters Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In MySQL, special characters can be escaped using backslash &#8220;\\&#8221;. 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