On Wed, May 11, 2005 8:58 pm, Jason Wong said: > Well put it this way, addslashes() was not meant to make data "safe" for > mysql, it just happened to work. Now there is a better/official/whatever > alternative why not use it?
Actually, unless I'm very much mistaken about why addslashes() was written, it *WAS* (and *IS*) designed to make data "safe" for MySQL. Okay, maybe technically it was first written for mSQL, but that being in the state it is, and the current state of affairs of PHP/MySQL... I'd bet a dollar that if the MySQL C Client library changed what needs escaping, addslashes would change with it. Am I delusional? What problem do you think addslashes() was written to solve? PS On the language/encoding thing... I don't think I'll ever figure that stuff out before I die, so there's not much point worrying about it, though I can certainly see why it's an atrractive MUST USE for those who can actually cope with more than one natural language! -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
