Re: Using mysql_real_escape_string without connecting to mysql
| From: | Dotan Cohen | Date: | Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:03:49 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Using mysql_real_escape_string without connecting to mysql | ||
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On 23/01/2008, James Ausmus <james.ausmus@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try using the mysql_ping() command to check to see if your connection
> is available:
>
> http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-ping.php
>
> something like:
>
> <?php
>
> if (!@mysql_ping()) //Note the @ is because, if mysql_ping cannot get
> connected, it will display a warning - suppress so users don't see
> {
> connectToDB();> }
>
> mysql_real_escape_string('stuff');
>
> ?>
>
> HTH-
>
> James
>
I was thinking about that, but the problem is that if there is no
connection, then the include is called and doesn't provide the
mysql_clean function that I expect that it would. Then, I make a
connection and use the function, expecting it to clean my data and it
doesn't.
Dotan Cohen
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