mysqli::real_connect
The above can be managed by the following function:
<?php
function search_escape($str, $char = '\\')
{
return ereg_replace('[%_]', $char . '\0', $str);
}
?>
mysqli::real_escape_string
mysqli_real_escape_string
(PHP 5)
mysqli::real_escape_string -- mysqli_real_escape_string — Escapes special characters in a string for use in a SQL statement, taking into account the current charset of the connection
Description
Object oriented style (both methods are equivalent):
string real_escape_string
( string $escapestr
)
Procedural style:
This function is used to create a legal SQL string that you can use in an SQL statement. The given string is encoded to an escaped SQL string, taking into account the current character set of the connection.
Parameters
- link
-
Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
- escapestr
-
The string to be escaped.
Characters encoded are NUL (ASCII 0), \n, \r, \, ', ", and Control-Z.
Return Values
Returns an escaped string.
Examples
Example #1 Object oriented style
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
$mysqli->query("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE myCity LIKE City");
$city = "'s Hertogenbosch";
/* this query will fail, cause we didn't escape $city */
if (!$mysqli->query("INSERT into myCity (Name) VALUES ('$city')")) {
printf("Error: %s\n", $mysqli->sqlstate);
}
$city = $mysqli->real_escape_string($city);
/* this query with escaped $city will work */
if ($mysqli->query("INSERT into myCity (Name) VALUES ('$city')")) {
printf("%d Row inserted.\n", $mysqli->affected_rows);
}
$mysqli->close();
?>
Example #2 Procedural style
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
mysqli_query($link, "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE myCity LIKE City");
$city = "'s Hertogenbosch";
/* this query will fail, cause we didn't escape $city */
if (!mysqli_query($link, "INSERT into myCity (Name) VALUES ('$city')")) {
printf("Error: %s\n", mysqli_sqlstate($link));
}
$city = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $city);
/* this query with escaped $city will work */
if (mysqli_query($link, "INSERT into myCity (Name) VALUES ('$city')")) {
printf("%d Row inserted.\n", mysqli_affected_rows($link));
}
mysqli_close($link);
?>
The above example will output:
Error: 42000 1 Row inserted.
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User Contributed Notesmysqli::real_escape_string
vita dot plachy at seznam dot cz
09-Nov-2007 09:37
09-Nov-2007 09:37
tobias_demuth at web dot de
10-Nov-2005 06:54
10-Nov-2005 06:54
Note, that if no connection is open, mysqli_real_escape_string() will return an empty string!
arnoud at procurios dot nl
07-Oct-2004 07:05
07-Oct-2004 07:05
Note that this function will NOT escape _ (underscore) and % (percent) signs, which have special meanings in LIKE clauses.
As far as I know there is no function to do this, so you have to escape them yourself by adding a backslash in front of them.