Re: mysql_real_escape_string wants a string or a "resource"?

2009/7/11 Govinda <govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com>: >> You're looking at the documentation for mysqli_real_escape_string but >> using mysql_real_escape_string - notice the i in mysqli in the first >> function name. > > right.  Thanks. > >>> p.s. what is a "resource" compared to a string? >> >> A resource is a variable type. See >> http://php.net/language.types.resource > > as in a db connection That's one example of a resource, but in general terms it's a reference to an external resource of some sort, specific to a particular extension. -Stuart -- http://stut.net/