addslashes()
| From: | Chris Boget | Date: | Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:20:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | addslashes() | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Can someone explain something to me:
<script language="php">
$string = "Bob's carwash's door";
echo 'addslashes(): ' . addslashes( $string ) . '<br>';
echo 'mysql_escape_string(): ' . mysql_escape_string( $string ) . '<br>';
</script>
Outputs:
addslashes(): Bob''s carwash''s door
mysql_escape_string(): Bob\'s carwash\'s door
According to the documentation (http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.addslashes.php), addslashes() should be doing exactly what mysql_escape_string is doing above (namely, add backslashes in front of each apostrophe). However, it's merely adding an additional apostrophe. Why?
I'm running 4.3.11 on Windows NT 5.2 build 3790.
thnx,
Chris