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function db_escape_field in Zircon Profile 8

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8.0 core/includes/database.inc \db_escape_field()

Restricts a dynamic column or constraint name to safe characters.

Only keeps alphanumeric and underscores.

Parameters

string $field: The field name to escape.

Return value

string The escaped field name as a string.

Deprecated

as of Drupal 8.0.x, will be removed in Drupal 9.0.0. Instead, get a database connection injected into your service from the container and call escapeTable() on it. E.g. $injected_database->escapeTable($table);

See also

\Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::escapeField()

Related topics

Database abstraction layer
Allow the use of different database servers using the same code base.

File

core/includes/database.inc, line 374
Core systems for the database layer.

Code

function db_escape_field($field) {
  return Database::getConnection()
    ->escapeField($field);
}