On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 07:23:23PM +0100, Georg Richter wrote:
>
> > Converting examples to the "preferred method"s of doing something...
>
> > quotes from the CS:
> > > ERROR HANDLING
>
> or die() is ok when connection method fails. Nobody will use a die within a
> script e.g. if a query failed! That's bad style.
IMHO, it's bad style everywhere to use a boolean operator for
error-checking... but maybe that's a matter of preference.
>
> > > 3. Use single quotes ' when appropriate.
>
> So what is the appropiate way?
>
> a) mysql_query("SELECT col FROM foo WHERE bar='test'");
> b) mysql_query('SELECT col FROM foo WHERE bar="test"'');
> c) mysql_query('SELECT col FROM foo WHERE bar=\'test\''); ?
IMO, a) because using " inside a query is not valid SQL and escaping
decreases readability.
> Georg
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