Escaping for CSV

Question

I need to store a string in a MySQL database. The values will later be used in a CSV. How do I escape the string so that it is CSV-safe? I assume I need to escape the follow

Answer 1

Don't store the data CSV escaped in the database. Escape it when you export to CSV using fputcsv. If you're storing it CSV escaped you're essentially storing garbage for all purposes other than CSV exporting.