applying functions in order

[graham23s]

Hi GUys,

 

i wrote this basic function to deal with the ' and line breaks but im never sure in which order to apply them:

 

<?php
function clean_junk($string)
{
  // apply the functions //
  $string = nl2br(stripslashes($string));
        
  // return the string cleansed //         
  return mysql_real_escape_string($string);
}
?>

 

i never remember in which order to apply them or does it matter?

 

nl2br(stripslashes or stripslashes(nl2br

 

just incase it does matter lol

 

cheers

 

Graham

[DarkWater]

Use nl2br first.  I think stripslashes removes the \ in \n.  Not sure though.

[graham23s]

sounds good to me DW, ill do it that way:)

 

Graham

[moselkady]

 

Looks like stripslashes() doesn't affect \n. I tried this cod in the command line and \n is still preserved:

 

<?php
$s = "1\n2\n";
echo stripslashes($s);
?>

 

So, I think the order doesn't matter

 

[graham23s]

thanks for testing mate:)