note 60264 added to function.mysql-real-escape-string

i was getting some erroneous results in my database using the "best practice" example above. it might be worth mentioning that the is_numeric() function will return true for hexadecimal numbers. as an alternative, i used ctype_digit(). ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-real-escape-string.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+60264 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60264&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60264&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60264&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60264&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60264&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60264&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60264&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+60264&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php