note 77414 added to function.mysql-escape-string

An interesting fact - this function does not work as advertised, at least on my server's verson of php (5.0.x). // Assume $_POST['title'] equals "Developer's Nightmare" $form['title'] = mysql_escape_string($_POST['title']); print $form['title']; What you get is: Developer\\\'s nightmare As opposed to the correct: Developers\'s nightmare Now whenever you retrieve a record after inserting, the slashes are actually embedded in the data. Wonderful. ---- Server IP: 209.41.74.194 Probable Submitter: 24.128.177.93 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-escape-string.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/77414 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77414/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77414/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77414/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77414/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77414/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77414/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77414 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/77414 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php