Php/docs/function.pg-escape-string
pg_escape_string
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
pg_escape_string — Escape a string for query
Description
pg_escape_string
([ resource $connection
], string $data
) : string
pg_escape_string() escapes a string for querying the database. It returns an escaped string in the PostgreSQL format without quotes. pg_escape_literal() is more preferred way to escape SQL parameters for PostgreSQL. addslashes() must not be used with PostgreSQL. If the type of the column is bytea, pg_escape_bytea() must be used instead. pg_escape_identifier() must be used to escape identifiers (e.g. table names, field names)
Note:
This function requires PostgreSQL 7.2 or later.
Parameters
connection
- PostgreSQL database connection resource. When
connection
is not present, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect() or pg_pconnect(). data
- A string containing text to be escaped.
Return Values
A string containing the escaped data.
Examples
Example #1 pg_escape_string() example
<?php // Connect to the database $dbconn = pg_connect('dbname=foo'); // Read in a text file (containing apostrophes and backslashes) $data = file_get_contents('letter.txt'); // Escape the text data $escaped = pg_escape_string($data); // Insert it into the database pg_query("INSERT INTO correspondence (name, data) VALUES ('My letter', '{$escaped}')");?>