Re: [PHP] escaping ' when inside a " "

2003-11-18 Thread Marek Kilimajer
Curt Zirzow wrote: Don't you want to do: $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject LIKE '%$var[0]%'"; I think more precisely: $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject LIKE '%{$var[0]}%'"; Either will work, as will $sql = "... subject LIKE '%$var[string_index]%'"; -- PHP General

Re: [PHP] escaping ' when inside a " "

2003-11-18 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Marek Kilimajer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Adam Williams wrote: > >If I have the SQL statement: > > > >$sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject = '*$var[0]*'"; > > Don't you want to do: > $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject LIKE '%$var[0]%'"; I think more precise

Re: [PHP] escaping ' when inside a " "

2003-11-17 Thread Adam Williams
Yeah thats what I meant to do, my PHP is very rusty if you can't tell (and so is my SQL) :) Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] If I have the SQL statement: $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject = '*$var[0]*'"; Don't you want to do: $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject LIK

RE: [PHP] escaping ' when inside a " "

2003-11-17 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] > If I have the SQL statement: > > $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject = '*$var[0]*'"; Don't you want to do: $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject LIKE '%$var[0]%'"; [/snip] Not if the variable is exactly what he is looking for. -- PHP General Mailing List (ht

Re: [PHP] escaping ' when inside a " "

2003-11-17 Thread Marek Kilimajer
Adam Williams wrote: If I have the SQL statement: $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject = '*$var[0]*'"; Don't you want to do: $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject LIKE '%$var[0]%'"; -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.n

Re: [PHP] escaping ' when inside a " "

2003-11-17 Thread David T-G
Adam -- ...and then Adam Williams said... % % If I have the SQL statement: % % $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject = '*$var[0]*'"; % % do I need to put a \ before each '? 1) You should have just tried it. 2) No. You owe the Newbie Guide a paragraph on quoting and escaping. H

[PHP] escaping ' when inside a " "

2003-11-17 Thread Adam Williams
If I have the SQL statement: $sql = "select subject from subwhile where subject = '*$var[0]*'"; do I need to put a \ before each '? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php