On 24/01/2008, Jochem Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Which basically is the same as a simple mysql_real_escape_string? In
> > other words, mysql_real_escape_string itself is safe from SQL
> > injection?
>
> not exactly - it assumes you will use the value as a quoted string in a query.
>
> $s = clean_mysql("foo -- bar ; ' qux")
> $q = "INSERT INTO foo (bar) VALUES ('$s')";

Ah, we've gotten to the meat. So long as there as single quotes around
the data that has gone through mysql_real_escape_string there is no
danger of SQL injection? So this is safe:
mysql_query("
    INSERT INTO
        foo (bar)
    VALUES (
        '".mysql_real_escape_string($evilString)."'
)");

Dotan Cohen

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