PHP mysqli real escape string() Function - Revision history

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2015-07-01T14:05:35Z

Created page with "<source lang="php"> <?php $con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db"); // Check connection if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo "Failed to connect to My..."

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<source lang="php">

<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}

// escape variables for security
$firstname = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['firstname']);
$lastname = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['lastname']);
$age = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['age']);

$sql="INSERT INTO Persons (FirstName, LastName, Age)
VALUES ('$firstname', '$lastname', '$age')";

if (!mysqli_query($con,$sql)) {
die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($con));
}
echo "1 record added";

mysqli_close($con);
?>

</source>