Re: 8.1.4: Who says "PHP deprecated addslashes since 4.0"? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From ljb
Subject Re: 8.1.4: Who says "PHP deprecated addslashes since 4.0"?
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In response to 8.1.4: Who says "PHP deprecated addslashes since 4.0"?  (ljb <ljb220@mindspring.com>)
Responses Re: 8.1.4: Who says "PHP deprecated addslashes since 4.0"?  (Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com>)
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tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote:
> ljb <ljb220@mindspring.com> writes:
>> |  addslashes() or magic_quotes. We note that these tools have been deprecated
>> |  by the PHP group since version 4.0.
>
>> Can anyone provide a source for the statement?
>
> I'm not going to put words in Josh's mouth about where he got that from,
> but anyone who reads all of the comments at
> http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.addslashes.php
> ought to come away suitably unimpressed with the security of that
> function.

Yes, sorry, I did see those comments, although I don't think they are from
the PHP group themselves.  But I missed the statement on the pg_escape_string
manual page saying "use of this function is recommended instead of
addslashes()". I still think "since version 4.0" is wrong.

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