Hi Sinisa,
Thanks for the detailed mail.Can you send me the
syntax for mysql_escape_string() please so that I can
check up with what I have been trying out.
Regards,
Ravi
--- Sinisa Milivojevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VVM
Ravikumar Sarma Chengalvala writes:
> > Sinisa,
> > 1.
> > Thanks for the mail.
> > 2.
> > I observed that mysql_escape_string()soes not work
> > either.If I want to store a file name with back
> > slashes,I feel mysql_escape_string() should
> introduce
> > the additional backslash required .But it does not
> do
> > so.It is just copying from source string to
> > destination string.
> > 3.
> > Because of this I am unable to store the escape
> string
> > into the database.By the way can you send me the
> exact
> > syntax for mysql_escape_string() so that I can
> check
> > it up to further confirm that I am not missing out
> on
> > any thing.
> > 4.
> > mysql_escape_string() does not complain but I feel
> it
> > is not doing what it is supposed to do.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ravi
>
>
> Hi!
>
> mysql_escape_string() will escape all chars
> properly. I use it
> everyday in many programs without a single glitch.
>
> You probably did not pass a correct parameters, as
> mysql_escape_string
> will escape them properly. Here is an excerpt from
> the function
> itself:
>
> switch (*from) {
> case 0: /* Must be escaped for 'mysql' */
> *to++= '\\';
> *to++= '0';
> break;
> case '\n': /* Must be escaped for logs */
> *to++= '\\';
> *to++= 'n';
> break;
> case '\r':
> *to++= '\\';
> *to++= 'r';
> break;
> case '\\':
> *to++= '\\';
> *to++= '\\';
> break;
> case '\'':
> *to++= '\\';
> *to++= '\'';
> break;
> case '"': /* Better safe than sorry */
> *to++= '\\';
> *to++= '"';
> break;
> case '\032': /* This gives problems on Win32
> */
> *to++= '\\';
> *to++= 'Z';
> break;
> default:
> *to++= *from;
>
>
> As you can see '\\' is escaped too...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sinisa
>
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