In this block of code where do I put mysqli_real_escape_string() ?
Or if you have a better way of writing the whole block I'm interested to hear.
<?php
$title = ($_POST["title"]);
$date = ($_POST["date"]);
$content = ($_POST["content"]);
$query = "INSERT INTO months (";
$query .= " title, date, content ";
$query .= ") VALUES (";
$query .= " '{$title}', '{$date}', '{$content}' ";
$query .= ")";
mysqli_query($connection, $query); ?>
It would be the best to use prepared statements.
$stmt = mysqli_prepare($connection, "INSERT INTO months (title, date, content)
VALUES(?, ?, ?)");
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, "sss", $title, $date, $content);
$title = $_POST["title"];
$date = $_POST["date"];
$content = $_POST["content"];
mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
When using an escape function and string concatenation there might still be cases in which sql injection is possible. Prepared Statements work differently, so they are secure against sql injection. https://stackoverflow.com/a/60496/3595565
Try this :
$title = mysqli_real_escape_string($_POST["title"]);
$date = mysqli_real_escape_string($_POST["date"]);
$content = mysqli_real_escape_string($_POST["content"]);
