On Jan 22, 2008 7:01 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> I have a file of my own functions that I include in many places. One> of them uses mysql_real_escape_string, however, it may be called in a> context that will or will not connect to a mysql server, and worse,> may already be connected. So I must avoid connecting. However, when I> run the script without connecting I get this error:>> Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()> [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Access denied for user:> 'nobody@localhost' (Using password: NO)>> I was thinking about checking if there is a connection, and if not> then connecting. This seems redundant to me, however. What is the> list's opinion of this situation? Thanks in advance.>> Dotan Cohen>> http://what-is-what.com> http://gibberish.co.il> א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?> Why not write a function that does the same thing?mysql_real_escape_strings is a very simple function. And if your datais properly normalized and you don't support other charsets its verysimple.
