db_escape_table

• Drupal 4.7
• Drupal 5
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includes/database.inc, line 321

Versions

4.7 – 6

db_escape_table($string)

7

db_escape_table($table)

Restrict a dynamic tablename to safe characters.

Only keeps alphanumeric and underscores.

Related topics

Database abstraction layer

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

Code

<?php
function db_escape_table($string) {
  return preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9_]+/', '', $string);
}
?>