Mysql + php with special characters like '(Apostrophe) and " (Quotation mark)

Question

I have been struggling with a small problem for a while. It\'s been there for years but it\'s just been an irritating problem and not a serious one, and I have just worked a

Answer 1

Just use prepared statements and you wouldn't have to worry about escaping or sql injection.

$con = <"Your database connection">;
$input = "What's up?";
$stmt = $con->prepare("insert into `tablename` (`field`)values(?)");
$stmt->bind_param("s",$input);
$stmt->execute();