# Encoding strings for PHP/SQL

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding-strings-for-php-sql/2572>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 3, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding-strings-for-php-sql/2572 "2002-06-03T22:33:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding-strings-for-php-sql/2572/1 "2002-06-03T22:33:39Z")

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could someone please tell me which characters need to be encoded for PHP and SQL, and how to do it?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding-strings-for-php-sql/2572/2 "2002-06-04T04:03:34Z")

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data = “funny&%?\_characters”;  
safedata = escape(data);

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding-strings-for-php-sql/2572/3 "2002-06-04T05:15:45Z")

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I thought Flash automatically url encodes everything it sends out…?