Re: Using mysql_real_escape_string without connecting to mysql
| From: | mike | Date: | Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:41:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Using mysql_real_escape_string without connecting to mysql | ||
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> > It would be Real Nifty (tm) if the MySQL API had a function that let
> > you specify the charset without a connection and did the escaping.
> >
> > Presumably you don't NEED a connection if you already know what
> > charset thingie you are aiming at...
I concur - it would be nice to have the capability to have a normal
string escape function and give it a character set. I mean we should
all be using utf-8 anyway, right?
Right now I still use mysql_escape_string and it seems to work fine,
but it makes me nervous as everything else I use is mysqli and I know
it is not 100% compatible (just haven't had anything break it yet) -
but I hate having to have a connection handle open just to escape
things.