note 30898 added to function.mysql-escape-string

I have a very strange problem, when I use mysql_escape_string in my code I ACTUALLY END UP WITH THE ESCAPE CODES IN MY DATABASE, so it actually doesn't work at all! I have no idea what I am doing wrong, maybe somebody else has sat there hitting a brick wall with this, but why would escape code go into the database? -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-escape-string.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+30898 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+30898 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+30898