pg_escape_string Escape a string for query &reftitle.description; stringpg_escape_string resourceconnection stringdata pg_escape_string escapes a string for querying the database. It returns an escaped string in the PostgreSQL format without quotes. pg_escape_literal is more preferred way to escape SQL parameters for PostgreSQL. addslashes must not be used with PostgreSQL. If the type of the column is bytea, pg_escape_bytea must be used instead. pg_escape_identifier must be used to escape identifiers (e.g. table names, field names) This function requires PostgreSQL 7.2 or later. &reftitle.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. &reftitle.returnvalues; A string containing the escaped data. &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 5.2.0 connection added &reftitle.examples; ]]> &reftitle.seealso; pg_escape_bytea