Use AddSlashes; string addslashes (string str) This will add slashes to all characters that require them for SQL queries. Alistair "Brandon Orther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 00b401c13a12$fde59b30$0a00a8c0@webintel">news:00b401c13a12$fde59b30$0a00a8c0@webintel... > Hello, > > Is there a function to convert a string so it is a valid string of text > for a SQL query? AN example would be a string of text that has ' in it > would be converted to \' > > Thank you, > > -------------------------------------------- > Brandon Orther > WebIntellects Design/Development Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 800-994-6364 > www.webintellects.com > -------------------------------------------- > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]