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June 23rd, 2003, 08:22 PM

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Inserting Apostrophes and special chars into database

I am wondering what is the best way to insert special characters into database, such as single and double quotes.

Is it recommended to htmlspecialchars them into e.g. ' or keep them just as a ' (single quote)?

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June 23rd, 2003, 08:34 PM

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They should be kept as their normal characters. Why bother making more trouble for yourself writing something to handle them everytime you wanna read/write to the DB.

You've just gotta remember to always esacpe strings going into the DB checking for single quotes, and any other nasties.

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