Question

How can I escape the # in PHP? When I use it in a query it turns the remaining line of code into a comment. This is what I have right now:

$columns = "head1, #_search, #_stuff";
$result = mysql_query("SELECT $columns from table LIMIT $k,$j");

I can’t just put escape # right after $columns since it will just become a comment.

~edit: yes I probably should have copied the code directly, but some of it is confidential and much more complicated.

Answer 1

How about the following ? :

$columns = "head1, `#_search`, `#_stuff`";

You can use `(backtick) to quote reserved words.

If you want to quote table/column name you can do the following example:

 SELECT * FROM `#table1` WHERE `#table1`.`#column1` = 1;

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