Re: MySql injections (related question)

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On Thu, May 12, 2005 12:39 pm, James Williams said:
> I'm pretty sure that, in order to use mysql_real_escape_string() you
> must have magic quotes off or use stripslashes first... the same as
> addslashes, so it should work if you just search and replace.  Don't
> quote me on that though

Well, yes, but you see it's no longer as simple as a global search and
replace, since there is no addslashes all over the place.

I have to hand-examine every file in, what, almost a decade's worth of
code spread over several dozen websites?

What is the CURRENT security advantage, if any, to
mysql_real_escape_string versus Magic Quotes?

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