How to escape url PHP PDO mySql?

Question

PHP

I have this code:

$url=filter_var($url,FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);
$url=explode('/',$url);

$url is an array, how do I check for forbidden characters like ' " ^ in short, escape?
mysql_real_escape_string - doesn't work with PDO
Or can I just replace these characters with str_replace? I just don't know how to do it right.
Thanks!

Answer 1

www.php.net/manual/en/pdo.quote.php

Answer 2

A well-formulated question is half the solution.
Why You Need It?

Answer 3

Use parameterized queries