pg_escape_string
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_escape_string --
Escape a string for insertion into a text field
Description
string
pg_escape_string ( [resource connection, string data] )
pg_escape_string() escapes a string for
insertion into the database. It returns an escaped string in the
PostgreSQL format. Use of this function is recommended instead of
addslashes(). If the type of the column
is bytea, pg_escape_bytea() must be used
instead.
Note:
This function requires PostgreSQL 7.2 or later.
Parameters
connection
PostgreSQL database connection resource. When
connection is not present, the default connection
is used. The default connection is the last connection made by
pg_connect() or pg_pconnect().
data
A string containing text to be escaped.
Return Values
A string containing the escaped data.
Examples
Example 1. pg_escape_string() example
<?php
// Connect to the database
$dbconn = pg_connect('dbname=foo');
// Read in a text file (containing apostrophes and backslashes)
$data = file_get_contents('letter.txt');
// Escape the text data
$escaped = pg_escape_string($data);
// Insert it into the database
pg_query("INSERT INTO correspondence (name, data) VALUES ('My letter', '{$escaped}')");
?>
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