On 24/01/2008, Jochem Maas <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > Which basically is the same as a simple mysql_real_escape_string? In> > other words, mysql_real_escape_string itself is safe from SQL> > injection?>> not exactly - it assumes you will use the value as a quoted string in a query.>> $s = clean_mysql("foo -- bar ; ' qux")> $q = "INSERT INTO foo (bar) VALUES ('$s')";
Ah, we've gotten to the meat. So long as there as single quotes aroundthe data that has gone through mysql_real_escape_string there is nodanger of SQL injection? So this is safe:mysql_query(" INSERT INTO foo (bar) VALUES ( '".mysql_real_escape_string($evilString)."')");
Dotan Cohen
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