code = open('cs_20.php', encoding='utf-8').read() esc = code.replace(chr(92), chr(92) + chr(92)).replace(chr(39), chr(92) + chr(39)) sql = "UPDATE wp_snippets SET code='" + esc + "' WHERE id=20;" open('update_snippet.sql', 'w', encoding='utf-8').write(sql) print('sql bytes:', len(sql))