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function db_escape_table

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/includes/database.inc \db_escape_table()

Restricts a dynamic table name to safe characters.

Only keeps alphanumeric and underscores.

Parameters

$table: The table name to escape.

Return value

The escaped table name as a string.

Related topics

Database abstraction layer
Allow the use of different database servers using the same code base.
1 call to db_escape_table()
DrupalDatabaseCache::getMultiple in includes/cache.inc
Implements DrupalCacheInterface::getMultiple().

File

includes/database/database.inc, line 2686

Code

function db_escape_table ($table) {
 return Database ::getConnection ()->escapeTable ($table);
}

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