function Connection::escapeField

Same name in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Connection.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\mysql\Connection::escapeField()
  2. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/pgsql/Connection.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\pgsql\Connection::escapeField()
  3. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::escapeField()
  4. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::escapeField()
  5. 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::escapeField()

Escapes a field name string.

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

Parameters

string $field: An unsanitized field name.

Return value

string The sanitized field name.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php, line 1466

Class

Connection
Base Database API class.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Database

Code

public function escapeField($field) {
    if (!isset($this->escapedFields[$field])) {
        $escaped = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9_.]+/', '', $field);
        [
            $start_quote,
            $end_quote,
        ] = $this->identifierQuotes;
        // Sometimes fields have the format table_alias.field. In such cases
        // both identifiers should be quoted, for example, "table_alias"."field".
        $this->escapedFields[$field] = $start_quote . str_replace('.', $end_quote . '.' . $start_quote, $escaped) . $end_quote;
    }
    return $this->escapedFields[$field];
}

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