diff --git a/drivers/adodb-mysqli.inc.php b/drivers/adodb-mysqli.inc.php
index 6de3e7f..0a42973 100644
--- a/drivers/adodb-mysqli.inc.php
+++ b/drivers/adodb-mysqli.inc.php
@@ -227,16 +227,16 @@ class ADODB_mysqli extends ADOConnection {
 	{
 		if (is_null($s)) return 'NULL';
 		if (!$magic_quotes) {
-	    	if (PHP_VERSION >= 5)
+			if (PHP_VERSION >= 5 && $this->_connectionID)
 	      		return "'" . mysqli_real_escape_string($this->_connectionID, $s) . "'";
 
-		if ($this->replaceQuote[0] == '\\')
-			$s = adodb_str_replace(array('\\',"\0"),array('\\\\',"\\\0"),$s);
-	    return  "'".str_replace("'",$this->replaceQuote,$s)."'";
-	  }
-	  // undo magic quotes for "
-	  $s = str_replace('\\"','"',$s);
-	  return "'$s'";
+			if ($this->replaceQuote[0] == '\\')
+				$s = adodb_str_replace(array('\\',"\0"),array('\\\\',"\\\0"),$s);
+			return  "'".str_replace("'",$this->replaceQuote,$s)."'";
+		}
+		// undo magic quotes for "
+		$s = str_replace('\\"','"',$s);
+		return "'$s'";
 	}
 
 	function _insertid()