diff --git a/resources/functions.php b/resources/functions.php
index c2d3e68037..7629c20387 100644
--- a/resources/functions.php
+++ b/resources/functions.php
@@ -1894,6 +1894,7 @@ function number_pad($number,$n) {
 		}
 	}
 
+//make directory with event socket
 	function event_socket_mkdir($dir) {
 		//connect to fs
 			$fp = event_socket_create($_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'], $_SESSION['event_socket_port'], $_SESSION['event_socket_password']);
@@ -1915,4 +1916,10 @@ function number_pad($number,$n) {
 			return false;
 	}
 
+//escape user data
+	function escape($string) {
+		return htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+		//return htmlentities($string, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+	}
+
 ?>