# pg_escape_string

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

pg_escape_string — Escape a string for query

### Description

pg_escape_string ([ resource `$connection` ], string `$data` ) : string

pg_escape_string() escapes a string for querying the database. It returns an escaped string in the PostgreSQL format without quotes. pg_escape_literal() is more preferred way to escape SQL parameters for PostgreSQL. addslashes() must not be used with PostgreSQL. If the type of the column is bytea, pg_escape_bytea() must be used instead. pg_escape_identifier() must be used to escape identifiers (e.g. table names, field names)

> Note:

> This function requires PostgreSQL 7.2 or later.

### 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().

`data`

  A string containing text to be escaped.

### Return Values

A string containing the escaped data.

### Examples

Example #1 pg_escape_string() 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
$escaped = pg_escape_string($data);
// Insert it into the database
pg_query("INSERT INTO correspondence (name, data) VALUES ('My letter', '{$escaped}')");
?>`

### See Also

- pg_escape_bytea() - Escape a string for insertion into a bytea field