PHP mysqli_real_escape_string() Function

Definition and Usage

The mysqli_real_escape_string() function is used to escape characters in a string, making it legal to use in an SQL statement.

Syntax

mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $str)

Parameters

Return Values

The mysqli_real_escape_string() returns a legal string which can be used with SQL queries.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced in PHP Version 5 and works works in all the later versions.

Example

Following example demonstrates the usage of the mysqli_real_escape_string() function (in procedural style) −

//Creating a connection
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "password", "mydb");
//Creating a table
mysqli_query($con, "CREATE TABLE my_team(Name VARCHAR(255), Country VARCHAR(255))");

$player = "S'Dhawan";
$country = "India";

//Inserting a record
$res = mysqli_query($con, "INSERT into my_team VALUES ('$player', '$country')");
if(!$res){
   print("Error occurred");
}else{
   print("Record inserted successfully");
}
	
print("\n");
	
$player = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $player);
$country = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $country);

//Inserting a record
$res = mysqli_query($con, "INSERT into my_team VALUES ('$player', '$country')");
if(!$res){
   print("Error occurred");
}else{
   print("Record inserted successfully");
}


//Closing the connection
mysqli_close($con);
?>

This will produce following result −

Error occurred
Record inserted successfully

Example

In object oriented style the syntax of this function is $con->real_escape_string(); Following is the example of this function in object oriented style $minus;

<?php
   //Connecting to the database
   $con = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "password", "test");

   //Creating a table
   $con->query("CREATE TABLE my_team(Name VARCHAR(255), Country VARCHAR(255))");

   $player = "S'Dhawan";
   $country = "India";

   //Inserting a record
   $res = $con->query("INSERT into my_team VALUES ('$player')");
   if(!$res){
      print("Error occurred");
   }else{
      print("Record inserted successfully");
   }
	
   print("\n");
	
   $player = $con->real_escape_string($player);

   //Inserting a record
   $res = $con->query("INSERT into my_team (Name) VALUES ('$player')");
   if(!$res){
      print("Error occurred");
   }else{
      print("Record inserted successfully");
   }

   //Closing the connection
   mysqli_close($con);
?>

This will produce following result −

Error occurred
Record inserted successfully

Example

<?php
   $con = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","password","mydb");
   
   if (mysqli_connect_errno($con)){
      echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
   }
   $myName = "Jr's";
   $myName = mysqli_real_escape_string($con,$myName);
   
   mysqli_query($con,"INSERT into emp (name) VALUES ('$myName')");
   mysqli_close($con);