Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 4.7.x includes/database.inc \db_escape_table()
  2. 5.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 table, column or constraint name 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.
10 calls to db_escape_table()
db_column_exists in includes/database.mysql.inc
Check if a column exists in the given table.
db_column_exists in includes/database.mysqli.inc
Check if a column exists in the given table.
db_column_exists in includes/database.pgsql.inc
Check if a column exists in the given table.
db_last_insert_id in includes/database.pgsql.inc
Returns the last insert id. This function is thread safe.
db_lock_table in includes/database.mysql.inc
Lock a table.

... See full list

File

includes/database.inc, line 422
Wrapper for database interface code.

Code

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