dbx_escape_string
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5 < 5.1.0, PECL dbx >= 1.1.0)
dbx_escape_string — Escape a string so it can safely be used in an sql-statement
Description
dbx_escape_string ( object $link_identifier , string $text ) : string
Escape the given string so that it can safely be used in an sql-statement.
Parameters
-
link_identifier -
The DBX link object returned by dbx_connect()
-
text -
The string to escape.
Return Values
Returns the text, escaped where necessary (such as quotes, backslashes etc). On error, null is returned.
Examples
Example #1 dbx_escape_string() example
<?php
$link = dbx_connect(DBX_MYSQL, "localhost", "db", "username", "password")
or die("Could not connect");
$text = dbx_escape_string($link, "It\'s quoted and backslashed (\\).");
$result = dbx_query($link, "insert into tbl (txt) values ('" . $text . "')");
if ($result == 0) {
echo dbx_error($link);
}
dbx_close($link);
?> See Also
- dbx_query() - Send a query and fetch all results (if any)
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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dbx-escape-string.php