[thelist] PHP mysql_escape_string or addslashes

Mark Groen mark at markgroen.com
Thu Aug 12 19:17:42 CDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kasimir K" <>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: August 12, 2004 11:36 AM
Subject: [thelist] PHP mysql_escape_string or addslashes


> mysql_escape_string or addslashes - is there a reason why I should
> prefer one over the other?

the first is mysql db specific, addslashes is not but there are
problems with it, read the user notes at the bottom from this page:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.addslashes.php

hth!

cheers,

               Mark

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