What is the difference between mysql_real_escape_string and addslashes?

They affect different characters. Mysql_real_escape_string is specific to MySQL. Addslashes is just a general function which may apply to other things as well as MySQL.

Mysql_real_escape_string() has the added benefit of escaping text input correctly with respect to the character set of a database through the optional link_identifier parameter.

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