mysqli_escape_string

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Alias of mysqli_real_escape_string.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

mysqli_escape_string Function synopsis

mysqli_escape_string(mysqli $mysql, string $string): string

Parameters

$mysql

Typemysqli

$string

Typestring

Return value

Typestring

Changes to the mysqli_escape_string Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter count changed: 3 to 2
  • Optional parameter removed - #3: $resultmode
-mysqli_escape_string(
-    $link,
-    $query,
-    $resultmode
-  )
+mysqli_escape_string(mysqli $mysql, string $string): string

PHP 7.1

  • Optional parameter added - #3: $resultmode
-mysqli_escape_string($link, $query)
+mysqli_escape_string(
+    $link,
+    $query,
+    $resultmode
+  )

mysqli_escape_string Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes