whats the differents between mysqli_escape_string and mysqli_real_escape_st

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janicemurby 7 Posting Whiz in Training

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hi im wondering what the difference between mysqli_escape_string and mysqli_real_escape_string as i have a error on mysqli_escape_string and when i go to google error im just getting results in with mysqli_real_escape_string

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portjm 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 1 · 2016-01-08T18:33:02+00:00

They're the same thing.
From the docs:

(PHP 5, PHP 7)
mysqli_escape_string — Alias of mysqli_real_escape_string()

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysqli-escape-string.php