php-doc-en/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-escape-string.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id='function.pg-escape-string'>
<refnamediv>
<refname>pg_escape_string</refname>
<refpurpose>
Escape a string for insertion into a text field
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>string</type><methodname>pg_escape_string</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>data</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>pg_escape_string</function> 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
<function>addslashes</function>. If the type of the column
is bytea, <function>pg_escape_bytea</function> must be used
instead.
</para>
<note>
<para>
This function requires PostgreSQL 7.2 or later.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>data</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A <type>string</type> containing text to be escaped.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
A <type>string</type> containing the escaped data.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>pg_escape_string</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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}')";
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>pg_escape_bytea</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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