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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+  <refentry id="function.dbx-escape-string">
+   <refnamediv>
+    <refname>dbx_escape_string</refname>
+    <refpurpose>
+     Escape a string so it can safely be used in an sql-statement.
+    </refpurpose>
+   </refnamediv>
+   <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+     <methodsynopsis>
+      <type>string</type><methodname>dbx_escape_string</methodname>
+      <methodparam><type>object</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>text</parameter></methodparam>
+     </methodsynopsis>
+    <simpara>
+     <function>dbx_escape_string</function> returns the text, escaped
+     where necessary (such as quotes, backslashes etc). It returns 
+     NULL on error.
+    </simpara>
+    <example>
+     <title><function>dbx_escape_string</function> example</title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$link   = dbx_connect(DBX_MYSQL, "localhost", "db", "username", "password")
+    or die ("Could not connect");
+
+$text = dbx_escape_string($link, "It\'s quoted and backslashed (\\).");
+$result = dbx_query($link, "insert into tbl (txt) values ('".$text."')");
+if ( $result == 0 ) {
+    echo dbx_error ($link);
+}
+dbx_close ($link);
+?>
+]]>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
+    <note>
+     <para>
+      This function is only available in CVS.
+     </para>
+    </note>
+   </refsect1>
+  </refentry>
+
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