#31237 [NEW]: mysql_real_escape_string incorrectly escapes string

From: amcclimo at chariot dot net dot au Operating system: OSX PHP version: 5.0.1 PHP Bug Type: MySQL related Bug description: mysql_real_escape_string incorrectly escapes string Description: ------------ mysql_real_escape_string incorrectly escapes string such as: <span style="color: #000000;"> The last double quote isn't properly escaped, the escape character is added, but the double quote is dropped: <span style=\"color: #000000;\> The reason for it failing to quote this is the space between the : and the # ... if you remove the space, the correct escaped string is returned: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Reproduce code: --------------- <? $link = mysql_connect($server, $user, $pass); $item = '<span style="color: #000000;">'; $escaped = mysql_real_escape_string($item); print "<pre>\n"; print "String : ".$item."\n"; print "Escaped: ".$escaped."\n"; print "</pre>"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- The expected escaped string is: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Actual result: -------------- The actual escaped string is: <span style=\"color: #000000;\> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31237&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31237&r=mysqlcfg