How do you implement MySQL
database escaping or quoting?

• What is database "escaping" or "quoting"?

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  • Special characters are escaped
  • Strings are quoted

• What is the benefit of database escaping / quoting?

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  • Helps safeguard data being inserted into the database

• How do you implement database escaping / quoting in PHP?

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  • mysqli::real_escape_string
  • PDO::quote