"comp.lang.php" <ph**************@gmail.comwrote in message
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when trying to use the mysql_real_escape_string() function, the
following warning occurs:
Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
[function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Access denied for user
'web'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in
/home/me/web/include/secondary/app_action.inc.php on line 337
Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
[function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link to the server could not be
established in /home/me/web/include/secondary/app_action.inc.php on
line 337
First of all, the user is not 'web' trying to connect to the database,
secondly, what is mysql_real_escape_string() doing connecting to the
database, as 'web' or anyone else, and thirdly, why is this happening,
does anyone know?
Thanx
Phil
if you are on an apache system then PHP is likely running as other (out of
user/group/other) and as a result may well be seen as 'web'
you don't give any context other than a line number for the error so it
makes it a litle harder to intuit what might be happening.
you could change the error reporting to notice to see extra warnings
A MySQL connection is required before using mysql_real_escape_string()
otherwise an error of level E_WARNING is generated...
so it may be that you don't have a valid mysql connection but without seeing
the context who knows?
here's what happens on my local server when I call that without a db link:
<?php echo mysql_real_escape_string("some text"); ?>
Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() [function.mysql-real-escape-string]:
Access denied for user: 'ODBC@localhost' (Using password: NO) in i:\program
files\apache group\apache\htdocs\mres.php on line 1
but on my remote server the same thing gives:
Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): Access denied for user:
'nobody@localhost' (Using password: NO)in
/home/user/public_html/sitename/mres.php on line 1
so as you can see the user that appears in the error depends on how your
sever is configured.
