ny1 here, i ve been working on chapter 12, page 375 with the user_update.php
i am using XAMPP in win7.

i'm getting a
Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_real_ascape_string() in C:\xampp\htdocs\user_personal.php on line 24

code shown below:-

<?php
$query = 'SELECT
username, first_name, last_name, city, email, state, hobbies
FROM
mem_info u JOIN
user_data i ON u.user_id = i.user_id
WHERE
username = "' . mysql_real_ascape_string($_SESSION
['username'], $db) . '"'; (line 24)
$result = mysql_query($query, $db) or die(mysql_error($db));

$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
extract($row);
mysql_free_result($result);
mysql_close($db);
?>
<ul>
<li>First Name: <?php echo $first_name; ?></li>
<li>Last Name: <?php echo $last_name; ?></li>
<li>City: <?php echo $city; ?></li>
<li>State: <?php echo $state; ?></li>
<li>Email: <?php echo $email; ?></li>
<li>Hobbies/Interest: <?php echo $hobbies; ?></li>


i m only getting the line

Welcome to your personal infomation area.

and nothing, plz ny1 who ve gone through this