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Prevent SQL Injection

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Pass a user-inputted variable to this function in order to prevent SQL injection. Example:

mysqlquery("INSERT INTO table VALUES('" . sqlsanitize($_POST["variable") . "')");

Instead of:

mysqlquery("INSERT INTO table VALUES('" . $POST["variable"] . "'");

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  1. /*
  2. Function:	sql_sanitize( $sCode )
  3. Description:	"Sanitize" a string of SQL code to prevent SQL injection.
  4. Parameters:	$sCode
  5. 			The SQL code which you wish to sanitize.
  6. Example:	mysql_query('UPDATE table SET value="' . sql_sanitize("' SET id='4'") . '" WHERE id="1"');
  7. Requirements:	PHP version 4 or greater
  8. Notes:		
  9. Author:		engel <[email protected]>
  10. */
  11. function sql_sanitize( $sCode ) {
  12. 	if ( function_exists( "mysql_real_escape_string" ) ) {		// If PHP version > 4.3.0
  13. 		$sCode = mysql_real_escape_string( $sCode );		// Escape the MySQL string.
  14. 	} else { // If PHP version < 4.3.0
  15. 		$sCode = addslashes( $sCode );				// Precede sensitive characters with a backslash \
  16. 	}
  17. 	return $sCode;							// Return the sanitized code
  18. }

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Posted By: ckester on May 15, 2008

Helpful code, though I would just place addslashes($text) on any input field. Then always have stripslashes($text) when you withdrawl that information, simple easy code since you'll have to do strip the slashes anyway

Posted By: DaveChild on September 11, 2008

addslashes() is no good for preventing SQL injection - it is vulnerable to character encoding trickery.

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