£ is pound symbol in uk,

greg — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:22:23 +0000

£ is pound symbol in uk, other countries call # the pound

The hash symbol (#) is used in hacking methods, trying to manipulate the query to inject.
using mysql_real_escape_string() resolves 99.99% of those types of hack.

The pound symbol (#) has no

pr0gr4mm3r — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:15:27 +0000

The pound symbol (#) has no significance in this case. It's just part of the string.