Re: [PHP4BETA] Addslashes

root wrote: > > Guys, i think i hit a bug in the php-4b3 release. Ive got a script that > saves a text field from a entry form (<textarea>) into a DB field (mysql > mediumtext). On submission i do a > $text = addslashes($text); > to prevent SQL errors. When i save this 'string', and edit the content > again it has still got \'s in the text. Eg > begin text : i'm curious how this will work > text after addslashes (so send to the DB) : i\\\'m curious > text when querying/displaying string: i\'m curious > > So it seems the addslashes function is a little escape happy in php-4b3. > Ps this behaviour isnt present in the php-3 series, and is new under > php-4b's ... I'm using a simple rule: IIRC if you have magic_quotes_runtime you don't have to escape the queries else escape the queries. When you retrieve the data from a DB you don't have to touch in any way any slash. It's just okay. -- CIMPOESU Teodor, Web Programmer @ DIGICOM S.A. Bucharest, Romania @ Internet, site development @ teo@digiro.net , +(401)-330.47.28 official home page ~ http://www.digiro.net/ Internet web page ~ http://internet.digiro.net/