mysql_real_escape_string - Man Page
Name
mysql_real_escape_string - escape string by taking into account character set of connection
Synopsis
#include <mysql.h> unsigned long mysql_real_escape_string(MYSQL * mysql, char * to, const char * from, unsigned long);
Description
This function is used to create a legal SQL string that you can use in an SQL statement. The given string is encoded to an escaped SQL string, taking into account the current character set of the connection.
Parameter
mysql
- a mysql handle, which was previously allocated by mysql_init(3) and connected by mysql_real_connect(3).to
- buffer for the encoded string. The size of this buffer must be length * 2 + 1 bytes: in worst case every character of the from string needs to be escaped. Additionally a trailing 0 character will be appended.from
- a string which will be encoded by mysql_real_escape_string().long
- the length of thefrom
string.
Return value
Returns the length of the encoded (to) string.
See also
- mysql_escape_string(3)
- mysql_hex_string(3)
Referenced By
mysql_hex_string(3), mysql_set_character_set(3).
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