function DatabaseConnection::escapeTable

Escapes a table name string.

Force all table names to be strictly alphanumeric-plus-underscore. For some database drivers, it may also wrap the table name in database-specific escape characters.

Return value

string The sanitized table name string.

File

includes/database/database.inc, line 986

Class

DatabaseConnection
Base Database API class.

Code

public function escapeTable($table) {
    if (!isset($this->escapedNames[$table])) {
        $this->escapedNames[$table] = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9_.]+/', '', $table);
    }
    return $this->escapedNames[$table];
}

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