Well, according to the mysql_real_escape_string function reference page: "mysql_real_escape_string() calls MySQL's library function mysql_real_escape_string, which escapes the following characters: \x00, \n, \r, \, ', " and \x1a."
With that in mind, then the function given in the second link you posted should do exactly what you need:
function mres($value)
{
$search = array("\\", "\x00", "\n", "\r", "'", '"', "\x1a");
$replace = array("\\\\","\\0","\\n", "\\r", "\'", '\"', "\\Z");
return str_replace($search, $replace, $value);
}