mysqli_real_escape_string not working?

Question

if($_SESSION['s_logged_n'] == 'true'){
    $server = $panel->real_escape_string($_GET['ip']);
    $dn = $panel->real_escape_string($_GET['newname']);
    $query = $panel->query(
        "UPDATE `Registered` SET `displayname` = '$dn' WHERE `owner`='".$_SESSION['s_username']."' AND `server`='$server'"
    );
}

Above is the code that I am using. $panel is a connection to the database, which works. I've been banging my head for hours working with this stuff in order to try and escape the quotes.

Answer 1

You are not using mysqli_real_escape_string you are using the method real_escape_string that belongs to the objects $panel now if that is just another name for mysqli_real_escape_string then it is not used to "strip" quotes, it is used to make a legal SQL query. Quotes are not an illegal entity. I would suggest simply str_replace() if you want to specifically target quotations.

EDIT

jeroen beat me in the comments :p