ingres_escape_string

Escape special characters for use in a query

&reftitle.description; `string` `ingres_escape_string` `resource` `link` `string` `source_string`

`ingres_escape_string` is used to escape certain characters within a string before it is sent to the database server.

&reftitle.parameters;

`link`

- The connection link identifier

`source_string`

- The source string to be parsed

&reftitle.returnvalues;

Returns a string containing the escaped data.

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### Escape special characters for use in a query

    <?php
    $link = ingres_connect($database, $user, $password);

    $last_name = "O'Connor";

    $sql = sprintf("select * from user_profile where up_last = '%s'", ingres_escape_string( $link, $last_name));

    $result = ingres_query($link, $sql);

    while ($user = ingres_fetch_object($result))
    {
      echo $user->up_first . '<BR/>';
    }

    ingres_commit($link);

    ingres_close($link);

    ?>

&reftitle.seealso;

- `ingres_query`