Re: [PHP-DB] String Parsing/Escaping

2005-01-09 Thread Jochem Maas
hi Alexander, interesting question regarding 'safety' v. readability v. speed - I'm sure you'll get different views depending on who you ask. Here is my take: Alexander Mueller wrote: Hi, below are three versions of an SQL call along with escaping the passed value.

Re: [PHP-DB] String Parsing/Escaping

2005-01-09 Thread Alexander Mueller
Jochem Maas wrote: hi Alexander, interesting question regarding 'safety' v. readability v. speed - I'm sure you'll get different views depending on who you ask. Here is my take: Thank you Jochem! :) I rate speed as the least important issue - you can alway use a faster machine, get some more

[PHP-DB] String Parsing/Escaping

2005-01-08 Thread Alexander Mueller
Hi, below are three versions of an SQL call along with escaping the passed value. $value=mysql_escape_string($_POST['value']); mysql_query('SELECT * FROM table WHERE field='.$value.''); + Fastest Code - Con: Bad Readability, Value needs to be escaped separately