Re: Using mysql_real_escape_string without connecting to mysql

From: Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:50:17 +0000
Subject: Re: Using mysql_real_escape_string without connecting to mysql
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On Tue, January 22, 2008 7:01 pm, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have a file of my own functions that I include in many places. One > of them uses mysql_real_escape_string, however, it may be called in a > context that will or will not connect to a mysql server, and worse, > may already be connected. So I must avoid connecting. However, when I > run the script without connecting I get this error: Don't do that? :-) Can the file really do anything useful without the DB? When there *IS* a connection, how do you access it? Can't the file check somehow? -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?

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