Made _protect_identifiers public

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/system/database/DB_driver.php b/system/database/DB_driver.php
index 7bb5dfabe..3977b35c1 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_driver.php
@@ -1221,13 +1221,16 @@ class CI_DB_driver {
 	 * insert the table prefix (if it exists) in the proper position, and escape only
 	 * the correct identifiers.
 	 *
+	 * While this should be protected, the db forge drivers apparently use this instead
+	 * of the unprefixed function
+	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @param	bool
 	 * @param	mixed
 	 * @param	bool
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	protected function _protect_identifiers($item, $prefix_single = FALSE, $protect_identifiers = NULL, $field_exists = TRUE)
+	public function _protect_identifiers($item, $prefix_single = FALSE, $protect_identifiers = NULL, $field_exists = TRUE)
 	{
 		if ( ! is_bool($protect_identifiers))
 		{