JDatabaseDriverPdo::escape

Method to escape a string for usage in an SQL statement.

Oracle escaping reference: http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/SQL_FAQ#How_does_one_escape_special_characters_when_writing_SQL_queries.3F SQLite escaping notes: http://www.sqlite.org/faq.html#q14 Method body is as implemented by the Zend Framework Note: Using query objects with bound variables is preferable to the below.

Signature

public function escape(string
        $text,
            [boolean
        $extra = false] )

Parameters

$text: The string to be escaped.
$extra: Unused optional parameter to provide extra escaping.

Returns

string: The escaped string.

Parent Implementation

JDatabaseDriver