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JDatabase::quote

Description

Method to quote and optionally escape a string to database requirements for insertion into the database.

public function quote (
        $text
        $escape=true
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$text	string		The string to quote.
$escape	bool	true	True to escape the string, false to leave it unchanged.

• Returns string The quoted input string.
• Defined on line 903 of libraries/joomla/database/database.php
• Since

See also

• JDatabase::quote source code on BitBucket
• Class JDatabase
• Subpackage Database
• Other versions of JDatabase::quote