function Connection::quote

Same name in other branches
  1. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::quote()
  2. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::quote()
  3. 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::quote()

Quotes a string for use in a query.

Parameters

string $string: The string to be quoted.

int $parameter_type: (optional) Provides a data type hint for drivers that have alternate quoting styles. Defaults to \PDO::PARAM_STR.

Return value

string|bool A quoted string that is theoretically safe to pass into an SQL statement. Returns FALSE if the driver does not support quoting in this way.

See also

\PDO::quote()

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php, line 1892

Class

Connection
Base Database API class.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Database

Code

public function quote($string, $parameter_type = \PDO::PARAM_STR) {
    return $this->connection
        ->quote($string, $parameter_type);
}

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