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# dbx_escape_string

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5 <= 5.0.4)

dbx_escape_string -- Escape a string so it can safely be used in an sql-statement

## Description

string dbx_escape_string ( object link_identifier, string text )

dbx_escape_string() returns the text, escaped where necessary (such as quotes, backslashes etc). It returns NULL on error.

Example 1. dbx_escape_string() example
`<?php $link = dbx_connect(DBX_MYSQL, "localhost", "db", "username", "password") or die("Could not connect"); $text = dbx_escape_string($link, "It\'s quoted and backslashed (\\)."); $result = dbx_query($link, "insert into tbl (txt) values ('" . $text . "')"); if ($result == 0) { echo dbx_error($link); } dbx_close($link); ?>`

See also dbx_query().

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