On 07/08/2010 02:38 PM, David Mehler wrote: > Hello, > Got a form that takes in data to enter in to a database. I want to > make it as secure and as invulnerable to sql injection and other > attacks as possible. I'm wondering if mysqli_real_escape_string or > stripslashes should be used or if the former does the latter. For > example, I have a name variable: > In general this is fine: > $name = mysqli_real_escape_string($DatabaseLink, trim($_POST['name'])); > > or should I do: You need to do something like this only if magic_quotes are enabled on your PHP installation, except you would stripslashes first: if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { $_POST['name'] = stripslashes($_POST['name']); } $name = mysqli_real_escape_string($DatabaseLink, trim($_POST['name'])); > > $name = stripslashes(mysqli_real_escape_string($dbc, trim($_POST['name']))); > > Thanks. > Dave. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php