note 59842 added to function.array-map

This function escapes an array or string. The function uses addslashes for escaping the data, but if you work with i.e. MySQL you should use mysqli_real_escape_string() instead. <?php function escapeString($stringOrArray) { if (is_array($stringOrArray)) return array_map('escapeString',$stringOrArray); else { $stringOrArray = addslashes($stringOrArray); return $stringOrArray; } } $array = array('"""\\\$',"Peter's here"); $string = 'Hello I am "Mr XYZ"'; $array = escapeString($array); $string = escapeString($string); echo '<pre>'; print_r($array); echo '</pre>'; echo $string; /************The Output******************* Array ( [0] => \"\"\"\\\\$ [1] => Peter\'s here ) Hello I am \"Mr XYZ\" *************The Output******************/ ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-map.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59842 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59842&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59842&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59842&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59842&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59842&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59842&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59842&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59842&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php