How to Escape "%" in parameters.yml symfony2

Question

I would like escape a character % in file : parameters.yml, because my password begin by %

database_driver3: pdo_sqlsrv
database_host3: 192.168.10.10
database_port3: 1455
database_name3: MyDB
database_user3: sa
database_password3: %ABC$Admin_2012%

What I really should be doing ?

Answer 1

The easiest way is to simply add quotes to the values you want to escape

database_password3: "%ABC$Admin_2012%"

OR by using double % credit - skowron-line

database_password3: %%ABC$Admin_2012%%