Re: Having trouble with inserting strings into Oracle8i viaphp
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:54:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Having trouble with inserting strings into Oracle8i viaphp | ||
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> > > Having trouble with inserting strings into Oracle8i via php.
> > > If a string has an apostrophe I get errors, how do I insert a string
> > > with single quotes/apostrophe into oracle via PHP?
> >
> > Turn on magic_quotes_sybase
> >
> > Then either turn on magic_quotes_gpc or call AddSlashes() manually on any
> > strings before inserting them.
> I don't know anything about the magic_quotes_sybase but isn't the escape
> for an apostrphoe in Oracle another apostrphe? e.g. "this isn't a test"
> should become "this isn''t a test"
Yup, and that's what magic_quotes_sybase does. It changes the escaping '
from \' to ''
-Rasmus