RE: [PHP] Confused about which function to use with forms/database
| From: | David Freeman | Date: | Fri, 17 May 2002 23:52:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Confused about which function to use with forms/database | ||
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> > When you suck the data back out you'll obviously need to
> > stripslashes() to get rid of the 'escape' chars you added above.
>
> Nope, because the escape characters don't actually get added to the
> database.
> When the database's command interpreter sees it, it removes
> the escape character (\) before inserting the string into
> the database. So it's back to its original form then. When
> you retrieve it, you'll just get:
Ah, fair enough. Obviously, I've never actually tested that particular
behaviour. I'll keep this in mind for future reference though.
CYA, Dave