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Description

Quote an identifier name (field, table, etc)

Syntax

nameQuote($s)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$s		The name

Returns

string The quoted name

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/database.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.database' );

Source Body

public function nameQuote($s)
{
        // Only quote if the name is not using dot-notation
        if (strpos($s, '.') === false) {
                $q = $this->_nameQuote;
                if (strlen($q) == 1) {
                        return $q . $s . $q;
                } else {
                        return $q{0} . $s . $q{1};
                }
        } else {
                return $s;
        }
}

Examples

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