Re: Sanitizing potential MySQL strings with no database connection

From: Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:19:05 +0000
Subject: Re: Sanitizing potential MySQL strings with no database connection
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> To: "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@gmail.com> Cc: "Jim Lucas" <lists@cmsws.com>; "php-general." <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:02 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Sanitizing potential MySQL strings with no database connection
On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 12:58 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Dotan, You are making this thing harder then it has to be. All you need is to replicate the escaping of the same characters that mysql_real_escape_string() escapes. Simply do that. They are listed on the functions manual page on php.net http://php.net/mysql_real_escape_string
This thread is so long, I am suprised to see that nobody has yet recommended the use of the OWASP php filters. It is still very good. http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_PHP_Filters If by chance someone already mentioned it, my bad. Best Regards

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