[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 > $value=mysql_escap

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 RAM