* Gh <garyhotko@xxxxxxxxx>: > Is there a function that can automatically escape special characters > before putting them into mySQL? Use PEAR's DB or MDB2 libraries with prepared statements and placeholders: $sql = "INSERT INTO someTable(value1, value2) VALUES(?, ?)"; $ins = $db->query($sql, array($value1, $value2)); -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | mailto:matthew@xxxxxxxxxx Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php