pg_escape_literal

(PHP 5 >= 5.4.4, PHP 7)

Escape a literal for insertion into a text field

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.

Returns:

A string containing the escaped data.

Examples:

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})");
?>