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Author Re: [PHP-DB] Addslashes / DB Sort
Jason Wong

2004-09-27, 3:57 pm

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 02:49, Ed Lazor wrote:

> I'm using PHP to retrieve user input and store it in MySQL. PHP's
> addslashes function is used on data going into the database


Use the more specific mysql_escape_string() (or friend) instead.

> and PHP's
> stripslashes function is being used on data coming from the database.


You're not supposed to use stripslashes() on data coming from the database --
read up on addslashes() and also search manual for magic quotes.

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Ed Lazor

2004-09-28, 3:57 am



> Use the more specific mysql_escape_string() (or friend) instead.


> You're not supposed to use stripslashes() on data coming from the database


Kk, thanks Jason =)

-Ed
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