08-15-2008
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Perderabo
I've never heard of an employer seeking an "awk programmer".
You're right. I only heard a request about awk in an interview for system administration.
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Do private languages count?
Yeah everything counts. I was trying to do this like a poll but then the other users wouldn't be able to choose specifically what languages and why, only the number of languages and that holds no interest I guess.
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
db2_escape_string
DB2_ESCAPE_STRING(3) 1 DB2_ESCAPE_STRING(3)
db2_escape_string - Used to escape certain characters
SYNOPSIS
string db2_escape_string (string $string_literal)
DESCRIPTION
Prepends backslashes to special characters in the string argument.
PARAMETERS
o $string_literal
- The string that contains special characters that need to be modified. Characters that are prepended with a backslash are x00,
,
, , ', " and x1a.
RETURN VALUES
Returns $string_literal with the special characters noted above prepended with backslashes.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
A db2_escape_string(3) example
Result of using the db2_escape_string(3) function
<?php
$conn = db2_connect($database, $user, $password);
if ($conn) {
$str[0] = "All characters: x00 ,
,
, , ' , " , x1a .";
$str[1] = "Backslash (). Single quote ('). Double quote (")";
$str[2] = "The NULL character must be quoted as well";
$str[3] = "Intersting characters: x1a , x00 .";
$str[4] = "Nothing to quote";
$str[5] = 200676;
$str[6] = "";
foreach( $str as $string ) {
echo "db2_escape_string: " . db2_escape_string($string). "
";
}
}
?>
The above example will output:
db2_escape_string: All characters: ,
,
, \ , ' , " , .
db2_escape_string: Backslash (\). Single quote ('). Double quote (")
db2_escape_string: The NULL character must be quoted as well
db2_escape_string: Intersting characters: , .
db2_escape_string: Nothing to quote
db2_escape_string: 200676
db2_escape_string:
SEE ALSO
db2_prepare(3).
PHP Documentation Group DB2_ESCAPE_STRING(3)