* -k. wrote:
> ... 
> pg_exec(): Query failed: ERROR: invalid regular expression: invalid escape \ 
> sequence . 
> 
> It seems to happen when using just a "\" or text ending with a "\" but not if 
> a "\" is in the
> middle of a string of text.

I would guess you have magic_quote_gpc on, you can check this:

  var_dump(get_magic_quotes_gpc());

> ...
> $user_item = pg_escape_string($_POST['user_item']);
> 
> $dbconn = pg_connect('some connection string that works');
> $query  = "SELECT * FROM some_table WHERE some_col = '$user_item' ";

Try an:
  echo htmlentities($query); 

And you'll see the problem with the query.


Curt.
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