public function remove_comments_from_sql_string($output)
{
$lines = explode("\n", $output);
$output = '';
$linecount = count($lines);
$in_comment = false;
for ($i = 0; $i < $linecount; ++$i) {
if (preg_match("/^\\/\\*/", preg_quote($lines[$i]))) {
$in_comment = true;
}
if (!$in_comment) {
$output .= $lines[$i] . "\n";
}
if (preg_match("/\\*\\/\$/", preg_quote($lines[$i]))) {
$in_comment = false;
}
}
unset($lines);
return $output;
}