PostgreSQL Functions
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pg_escape_literal

Escape a literal for insertion into a text field

Description

string pg_escape_literal ([ resource $connection ], string $data )

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

PostgreSQL database connection resource. When connection is not present, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect or pg_pconnect. When there is no default connection, it raises E_WARNING and returns FALSE.

data

A string containing text to be escaped.

Return Values

A string containing the escaped data.

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})");
?>

See Also

  • pg_escape_identifier
  • pg_escape_bytea
  • pg_escape_string