Re: Is there PHP mysql_real_escape_string for postgresql? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: Is there PHP mysql_real_escape_string for postgresql?
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Msg-id 476A9244.4040903@archonet.com
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In response to Re: Is there PHP mysql_real_escape_string for postgresql?  (Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>)
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Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com>:
>
>> On Dec 17, 2007, at 8:37 PM, dterrors@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> In php is there a postgresql version of mysql_real_escape_string() ?
>> You have both pg_escape_string and pg_escape_bytea available.
>
> Is there a mysql_fake_escape_string()?  Should PostgreSQL have a
> pg_pretend_to_escape_string() that effectively does nothing?

Ah, that's not real as in "reality", it's réal as in "royal" because the
initial code submission came from Queen Sofía of Spain who knows a
surprising amount about hacking in "C" but still maintains that
referential integrity is best handled in the application layer.

--
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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