MySQL and PHP

5.27.12 Session::quoteName

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Description

public string mysql_xdevapi\Session::quoteName(string name);

A quoting function to escape SQL names and identifiers. It escapes the identifier given in accordance to the settings of the current connection. This escape function should not be used to escape values.

Parameters

name

The string to quote.

Return Values

The quoted string.

Examples

Example 5.122 mysql_xdevapi\Session::quoteName example

<?php
$session = mysql_xdevapi\getSession("mysqlx://user:password@localhost");

$first = "MySQL's test";
var_dump($first);
var_dump($session->quoteName($first));

$second = 'Another `test` "like" `this`';
var_dump($second);
var_dump($session->quoteName($second));
?>

   

The above example will output something similar to:

string(12) "MySQL's test"
string(14) "`MySQL's test`"

string(28) "Another `test` "like" `this`"
string(34) "`Another ``test`` "like" ``this```"