Question

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() expects parameter 1 to be string

Asked by: Gratisites

Hello,

I have a site that is generating this error code every so often, but on a specific page. Here's the error that I keep getting:

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/swii/public_html/includes/database.php on line 136

I have a team of guys in office that would usually look at this problem, but they are out of office, and this is on my plate :) I have very little knowledge of where to look at solving this. I hoping you guys can help me out.

Thanks.

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2009-08-18 at 20:25:35ID24663615
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PHP and Databases

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MySQL Server

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Web-Based CMS

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Answers

 

by: ivostoykovPosted on 2009-08-18 at 22:56:15ID: 25129904

check the sintax here and quote some source.

I

 

by: NerdsOfTechPosted on 2009-08-19 at 03:56:51ID: 25131267

mysql_real_escape_string  ( string $unescaped_string  [, resource $link_identifier  ] )
Parameter 1 is the first value of this function.

If you try to use this function say on an image upload or something other than a string (such an array --- if you multi-select something {checkboxes, etc}) it will throw an error.

I would guess it is likely an array that is being passed and throwing an error

=NOT

 

by: GratisitesPosted on 2009-08-19 at 07:52:13ID: 25133354

I have attached some code from the database.php file where the error originates. From what I have been able to find on the internet I would lean towards what you are saying NOT, only problem is I have very little exp. with this, so where to start I have no idea. If you can look at the code that I supplied and can help with a solution that would be great. Thank-you in advance.

<?php
/**
* @version $Id: database.php 5903 2006-12-01 02:01:55Z friesengeist $
* @package Joomla
* @subpackage Database
* @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
* Joomla! is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant
* to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or
* is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or
* other free or open source software licenses.
* See COPYRIGHT.php for copyright notices and details.
*/
 
// no direct access
defined( '_VALID_MOS' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );
 
/**
* Database connector class
* @subpackage Database
* @package Joomla
*/
class database {
	/** @var string Internal variable to hold the query sql */
	var $_sql			= '';
	/** @var int Internal variable to hold the database error number */
	var $_errorNum		= 0;
	/** @var string Internal variable to hold the database error message */
	var $_errorMsg		= '';
	/** @var string Internal variable to hold the prefix used on all database tables */
	var $_table_prefix	= '';
	/** @var Internal variable to hold the connector resource */
	var $_resource		= '';
	/** @var Internal variable to hold the last query cursor */
	var $_cursor		= null;
	/** @var boolean Debug option */
	var $_debug			= 0;
	/** @var int The limit for the query */
	var $_limit			= 0;
	/** @var int The for offset for the limit */
	var $_offset		= 0;
	/** @var int A counter for the number of queries performed by the object instance */
	var $_ticker		= 0;
	/** @var array A log of queries */
	var $_log			= null;
	/** @var string The null/zero date string */
	var $_nullDate		= '0000-00-00 00:00:00';
	/** @var string Quote for named objects */
	var $_nameQuote		= '`';
 
	/**
	* Database object constructor
	* @param string Database host
	* @param string Database user name
	* @param string Database user password
	* @param string Database name
	* @param string Common prefix for all tables
	* @param boolean If true and there is an error, go offline
	*/
	function database( $host='localhost', $user, $pass, $db='', $table_prefix='', $goOffline=true ) {
		// perform a number of fatality checks, then die gracefully
		if (!function_exists( 'mysql_connect' )) {
			$mosSystemError = 1;
			if ($goOffline) {
				$basePath = dirname( __FILE__ );
				include $basePath . '/../configuration.php';
				include $basePath . '/../offline.php';
				exit();
			}
		}
		if (phpversion() < '4.2.0') {
			if (!($this->_resource = @mysql_connect( $host, $user, $pass ))) {
				$mosSystemError = 2;
				if ($goOffline) {
					$basePath = dirname( __FILE__ );
					include $basePath . '/../configuration.php';
					include $basePath . '/../offline.php';
					exit();
				}
			}
		} else {
			if (!($this->_resource = @mysql_connect( $host, $user, $pass, true ))) {
				$mosSystemError = 2;
				if ($goOffline) {
					$basePath = dirname( __FILE__ );
					include $basePath . '/../configuration.php';
					include $basePath . '/../offline.php';
					exit();
				}
			}
		}
		if ($db != '' && !mysql_select_db( $db, $this->_resource )) {
			$mosSystemError = 3;
			if ($goOffline) {
				$basePath = dirname( __FILE__ );
				include $basePath . '/../configuration.php';
				include $basePath . '/../offline.php';
				exit();
			}
		}
		$this->_table_prefix = $table_prefix;
        //@mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'", $this->_resource);
		$this->_ticker = 0;
		$this->_log = array();
	}
	/**
	 * @param int
	 */
	function debug( $level ) {
		$this->_debug = intval( $level );
	}
	/**
	 * @return int The error number for the most recent query
	 */
	function getErrorNum() {
		return $this->_errorNum;
	}
	/**
	* @return string The error message for the most recent query
	*/
	function getErrorMsg() {
		return str_replace( array( "\n", "'" ), array( '\n', "\'" ), $this->_errorMsg );
	}
	/**
	* Get a database escaped string
	* @return string
	*/
	function getEscaped( $text ) {
		/*
		* Use the appropriate escape string depending upon which version of php
		* you are running
		*/
		if (version_compare(phpversion(), '4.3.0', '<')) {
			$string = mysql_escape_string($text);
		} else 	{
			$string = mysql_real_escape_string($text, $this->_resource);
		}
 
		return $string;
	}
	/**
	* Get a quoted database escaped string
	* @return string
	*/
	function Quote( $text ) {
		return '\'' . $this->getEscaped( $text ) . '\'';
	}
	/**
	 * Quote an identifier name (field, table, etc)
	 * @param string The name
	 * @return string The quoted name
	 */
	function NameQuote( $s ) {
		$q = $this->_nameQuote;
		if (strlen( $q ) == 1) {
			return $q . $s . $q;
		} else {
			return $q{0} . $s . $q{1};
		}
	}
	/**
	 * @return string The database prefix
	 */
	function getPrefix() {
		return $this->_table_prefix;
	}
	/**
	 * @return string Quoted null/zero date string
	 */
	function getNullDate() {
		return $this->_nullDate;
	}
	/**
	* Sets the SQL query string for later execution.
	*
	* This function replaces a string identifier <var>$prefix</var> with the
	* string held is the <var>_table_prefix</var> class variable.
	*
	* @param string The SQL query
	* @param string The offset to start selection
	* @param string The number of results to return
	* @param string The common table prefix
	*/
	function setQuery( $sql, $offset = 0, $limit = 0, $prefix='#__' ) {
		$this->_sql = $this->replacePrefix( $sql, $prefix );
		$this->_limit = intval( $limit );
		$this->_offset = intval( $offset );
	}
 
	/**
	 * This function replaces a string identifier <var>$prefix</var> with the
	 * string held is the <var>_table_prefix</var> class variable.
	 *
	 * @param string The SQL query
	 * @param string The common table prefix
	 * @author thede, David McKinnis
	 */
	function replacePrefix( $sql, $prefix='#__' ) {
		$sql = trim( $sql );
 
		$escaped = false;
		$quoteChar = '';
 
		$n = strlen( $sql );
 
		$startPos = 0;
		$literal = '';
		while ($startPos < $n) {
			$ip = strpos($sql, $prefix, $startPos);
			if ($ip === false) {
				break;
			}
 
			$j = strpos( $sql, "'", $startPos );
			$k = strpos( $sql, '"', $startPos );
			if (($k !== FALSE) && (($k < $j) || ($j === FALSE))) {
				$quoteChar	= '"';
				$j			= $k;
			} else {
				$quoteChar	= "'";
			}
 
			if ($j === false) {
				$j = $n;
			}
 
			$literal .= str_replace( $prefix, $this->_table_prefix, substr( $sql, $startPos, $j - $startPos ) );
			$startPos = $j;
 
			$j = $startPos + 1;
 
			if ($j >= $n) {
				break;
			}
 
			// quote comes first, find end of quote
			while (TRUE) {
				$k = strpos( $sql, $quoteChar, $j );
				$escaped = false;
				if ($k === false) {
					break;
				}
				$l = $k - 1;
				while ($l >= 0 && $sql{$l} == '\\') {
					$l--;
					$escaped = !$escaped;
				}
				if ($escaped) {
					$j	= $k+1;
					continue;
				}
				break;
			}
			if ($k === FALSE) {
				// error in the query - no end quote; ignore it
				break;
			}
			$literal .= substr( $sql, $startPos, $k - $startPos + 1 );
			$startPos = $k+1;
		}
		if ($startPos < $n) {
			$literal .= substr( $sql, $startPos, $n - $startPos );
		}
		return $literal;
	}
	/**
	* @return string The current value of the internal SQL vairable
	*/
	function getQuery() {
		return "<pre>" . htmlspecialchars( $this->_sql ) . "</pre>";
	}
	/**
	* Execute the query
	* @return mixed A database resource if successful, FALSE if not.
	*/
	function query() {
		global $mosConfig_debug;
		if ($this->_limit > 0 && $this->_offset == 0) {
			$this->_sql .= "\nLIMIT $this->_limit";
		} else if ($this->_limit > 0 || $this->_offset > 0) {
			$this->_sql .= "\nLIMIT $this->_offset, $this->_limit";
		}
		if ($this->_debug) {
			$this->_ticker++;
	  		$this->_log[] = $this->_sql;
		}
		$this->_errorNum = 0;
		$this->_errorMsg = '';
		$this->_cursor = mysql_query( $this->_sql, $this->_resource );
		if (!$this->_cursor) {
			$this->_errorNum = mysql_errno( $this->_resource );
			$this->_errorMsg = mysql_error( $this->_resource )." SQL=$this->_sql";
			if ($this->_debug) {
				trigger_error( mysql_error( $this->_resource ), E_USER_NOTICE );
				//echo "<pre>" . $this->_sql . "</pre>\n";
				if (function_exists( 'debug_backtrace' )) {
					foreach( debug_backtrace() as $back) {
						if (@$back['file']) {
							echo '<br />'.$back['file'].':'.$back['line'];
						}
					}
				}
			}
			return false;
		}
		return $this->_cursor;
	}
                                              
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by: NerdsOfTechPosted on 2009-08-19 at 08:44:32ID: 25134034

Do you know if you have an occurrence of this error now you can test this on?

I added gettype() check

if the $text is not string then it will return the type instead of escaping

    * "boolean"
    * "integer"
    * "double" (for historical reasons "double" is returned in case of a float, and not simply "float")
    // pass through escape function // * "string"
    * "array"
    * "object"
    * "resource"
    * "NULL"
    * "unknown type"

Thanks!
=NOT

	function getEscaped( $text ) {
		/*
		* Use the appropriate escape string depending upon which version of php
		* you are running
		*/
		$vtype = gettype($text)
		if ($vtype != "string"){
 			if (version_compare(phpversion(), '4.3.0', '<')) {
				$string = mysql_escape_string($text);
			} else 	{
				$string = mysql_real_escape_string($text, $this->_resource);
			}
		}else{
			$string = 'Error : ' . $vtype . ' is not a valid string parameter in this function';
		}
 
		return $string;
	}

                                              
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by: NerdsOfTechPosted on 2009-08-19 at 08:45:03ID: 25134038

forgot the ;

	function getEscaped( $text ) {
		/*
		* Use the appropriate escape string depending upon which version of php
		* you are running
		*/
		$vtype = gettype($text);
		if ($vtype != "string"){
 			if (version_compare(phpversion(), '4.3.0', '<')) {
				$string = mysql_escape_string($text);
			} else 	{
				$string = mysql_real_escape_string($text, $this->_resource);
			}
		}else{
			$string = 'Error : ' . $vtype . ' is not a valid string parameter in this function';
		}
 
		return $string;
	}
                                              
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