note 107693 added to function.mysql-real-escape-string

This is all completely approaching the security problem the wrong way. Escaping the input parameter to fit into SQL is a blacklisting approach that invites attackers to try new combinations, character encodings, missed assumptions etc, in order to accomplish a new SQL injection. A whitelisting approach is better; prepared statements are generally understood to be a whitelisting approach. You should all be using mysqli_prepare instead of all this. I do this for my day job. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 92.236.56.145 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-real-escape-string.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107693 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107693/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107693/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107693/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107693/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107693/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107693/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107693 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107693 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php