Re: Using mysql_real_escape_string without connecting to mysql

On 23/01/2008, Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > On Wed, January 23, 2008 12:47 pm, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > On 23/01/2008, Eric Butera <eric.butera@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jan 22, 2008 8:01 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote: > > However, I do not think that the script should throw an error until I > > actually call mysql_clean. Merely having it in an include should not > > throw an error if the function is not being used. > > If you get it to throw an error for a connection not present, then you > ARE calling the function. I just reviewed the code, and you are right. I call the include for the database connection (from outside the public directory) just before the mysql_query, which is _after_ I've cleaned the variables. > You may not know where you called it in your rats' nest of OOP, but > you are calling it. :-) :-) :-) Yes, I was. > The only errors PHP throws without calling functions are parse errors. Good to know. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?