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pg_escape_literal

(PHP 5 >= 5.4.4, PHP 7, PHP 8)

pg_escape_literal Escape a literal for insertion into a text field

Description

pg_escape_literal(PgSql\Connection $connection = ?, string $data): string

pg_escape_literal() escapes a literal for querying the PostgreSQL database. It returns an escaped literal in the PostgreSQL format. pg_escape_literal() adds quotes before and after data. Users should not add quotes. Use of this function is recommended instead of pg_escape_string(). If the type of the column is bytea, pg_escape_bytea() must be used instead. For escaping identifiers (e.g. table, field names), pg_escape_identifier() must be used.

Note:

This function has internal escape code and can also be used with PostgreSQL 8.4 or less.

Parameters

connection

An PgSql\Connection instance. When connection is unspecified, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect() or pg_pconnect().

Warning

As of PHP 8.1.0, using the default connection is deprecated.

data

A string containing text to be escaped.

Return Values

A string containing the escaped data.

Changelog

Version Description
8.1.0 The connection parameter expects an PgSql\Connection instance now; previously, a resource was expected.

Examples

Example #1 pg_escape_literal() example

<?php
// Connect to the database
$dbconn = pg_connect('dbname=foo');

// Read in a text file (containing apostrophes and backslashes)
$data = file_get_contents('letter.txt');

// Escape the text data
$escaped = pg_escape_literal($data);

// Insert it into the database. Note that no quotes around {$escaped}
pg_query("INSERT INTO correspondence (name, data) VALUES ('My letter', {$escaped})");
?>

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