MySQL error when inserting data containing apostrophes (single quotes)?

Question

When I an insert query contains a quote (e.g. Kellog\'s), it fails to insert a record.

ERROR MSG:

You have an error in your SQL s

Answer 1

Escape it by using a helper function like:

function safeDBname($table_name)
{
  $outputText=str_replace("'","",$outputText);
  return strtolower($outputText);
}