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Session::quoteName

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Add quotes

Description

mysql_xdevapi\Session::quoteName(string $name): string

A quoting function to escape SQL names and identifiers. It escapes the identifier given in accordance to the settings of the current connection. This escape function should not be used to escape values.

Parameters

name

The string to quote.

Return Values

The quoted string.

Examples

mysql_xdevapi\Session::quoteName() example

php
<?php
$session = mysql_xdevapi\getSession("mysqlx://user:password@localhost");

$first = "MySQL's test";
var_dump($first);
var_dump($session->quoteName($first));

$second = 'Another `test` "like" `this`';
var_dump($second);
var_dump($session->quoteName($second));
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

output
string(12) "MySQL's test"
string(14) "`MySQL's test`"

string(28) "Another `test` "like" `this`"
string(34) "`Another ``test`` "like" ``this```"

Source: reference/mysql_xdevapi/mysql_xdevapi/session/quotename.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)