ingres_escape_string

(PECL ingres >= 2.1.0)

ingres_escape_string — Escape special characters for use in a query

Description

string ingres_escape_string ( resource $link , string $source_string )

ingres_escape_string() is used to escape certain characters within a string before it is sent to the database server.

Parameters

link

The connection link identifier

source_string

The source string to be parsed

Return Values

Returns a string containing the escaped data.

Examples

Example #1 Escape special characters for use in a query

<?php
$link = ingres_connect($database, $user, $password);

$last_name = "O'Connor";

$sql = sprintf("select * from user_profile where up_last = '%s'", ingres_escape_string( $link, $last_name));

$result = ingres_query($link, $sql);

while ($user = ingres_fetch_object($result))
{
  echo $user->up_first . '<BR/>';
}

ingres_commit($link);

ingres_close($link);

?>

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