I am used to developing in PHP/MySQL and have no experience developing with SQL Server. I\'ve skimmed over the PHP MSSQL documentation and it looks similar to MySQLi in some of
No, MSSQL provides no such function, and in Mysqli you shouldn't be using mysql_real_escape_string either. In both cases you should be using Prepared Statements or Stored Procedeures. I believe the PHP documentation provides ample explanation on how to use the MSSQL apis.