Re: Is there PHP mysql_real_escape_string for postgresql?

[Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>]

Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com>:
>
> > On Dec 17, 2007, at 8:37 PM, dterrors(at)hotmail(dot)com wrote:
> >
> > > In php is there a postgresql version of mysql_real_escape_string() ?
> > You have both pg_escape_string and pg_escape_bytea available.
>
> Is there a mysql_fake_escape_string()?  Should PostgreSQL have a
> pg_pretend_to_escape_string() that effectively does nothing?

Ah, that's not real as in "reality", it's réal as in "royal" because the 
initial code submission came from Queen Sofía of Spain who knows a 
surprising amount about hacking in "C" but still maintains that 
referential integrity is best handled in the application layer.

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  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd