Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 5.x includes/database.inc \db_escape_table()
  2. 6.x includes/database.inc \db_escape_table()
  3. 7.x includes/database/database.inc \db_escape_table()
  4. 8.9.x core/includes/database.inc \db_escape_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.
3 calls to db_escape_table()
db_lock_table in includes/database.mysql.inc
Lock a table.
db_lock_table in includes/database.mysqli.inc
Lock a table.
db_lock_table in includes/database.pgsql.inc
Lock a table. This function automatically starts a transaction.

File

includes/database.inc, line 321
Wrapper for database interface code.

Code

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