How to safely escape the input data in php for mysql [duplicate]

Question

Which means, at the moment, are the safest for screening data in php to send them to the mysql database.

Thank, you )

Answer 1

I believe mysql_real_escape_string() mysqli_real_escape_string() is the best way to escape input data

Later edit since everything is deprecated now and information must be valid:

Try to use PDO as prepared statements are much safer or mysqli_*() functions if you really need to keep old code somewhat up-to-date.