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Arevos · Dec 10th, 2005, 7:34 PM

For PHP >= 4.3.0, it's recommended that for MySQL queries, the mysql_real_escape_string function is used. mysql_real_escape_string escapes a few more characters than addslashes does; I'm not sure how significant this is, but it seems like a good idea to use this function over addslashes.

Dec 10th, 2005, 7:34 PM	#7
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	For PHP >= 4.3.0, it's recommended that for MySQL queries, the mysql_real_escape_string function is used. mysql_real_escape_string escapes a few more characters than addslashes does; I'm not sure how significant this is, but it seems like a good idea to use this function over addslashes.