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author | Derek Jones <derek.jones@ellislab.com> | 2011-07-02 00:54:49 +0200 |
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committer | Derek Jones <derek.jones@ellislab.com> | 2011-07-02 00:54:49 +0200 |
commit | 8f371a4954ec84f9ea80c26e654a4793714f8a07 (patch) | |
tree | 912d83e6e2adbe136d892f0a41ea1730dc11206a /user_guide/database/queries.html | |
parent | 806b82448ddccece1311228519dc1410dacd0971 (diff) | |
parent | 4b9c62980599228f070b401c7673dce8085b0c61 (diff) |
hand merged remaining unresolved files following the backout of 648b42a75739, which was a NON-trivial whitespace commit
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide/database/queries.html b/user_guide/database/queries.html index 685da43dc..f9f96803f 100644 --- a/user_guide/database/queries.html +++ b/user_guide/database/queries.html @@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ Queries <code>$this->db->query('YOUR QUERY HERE');</code> <p>The <dfn>query()</dfn> function returns a database result <strong>object</strong> when "read" type queries are run, -which you can use to <a href="results.html">show your results</a>. When "write" type queries are run it simply returns TRUE or FALSE -depending on success or failure. When retrieving data you will typically assign the query to your own variable, like this:</p> +which you can use to <a href="results.html">show your results</a>. When "write" type queries are run it simply returns TRUE or FALSE +depending on success or failure. When retrieving data you will typically assign the query to your own variable, like this:</p> <code><var>$query</var> = $this->db->query('YOUR QUERY HERE');</code> <h2>$this->db->simple_query();</h2> -<p>This is a simplified version of the <dfn>$this->db->query()</dfn> function. It ONLY returns TRUE/FALSE on success or failure. +<p>This is a simplified version of the <dfn>$this->db->query()</dfn> function. It ONLY returns TRUE/FALSE on success or failure. It DOES NOT return a database result set, nor does it set the query timer, or compile bind data, or store your query for debugging. It simply lets you submit a query. Most users will rarely use this function.</p> @@ -100,16 +100,16 @@ CodeIgniter has three methods that help you do this:</p> <ol> <li><strong>$this->db->escape()</strong> This function determines the data type so that it -can escape only string data. It also automatically adds single quotes around the data so you don't have to: +can escape only string data. It also automatically adds single quotes around the data so you don't have to: <code>$sql = "INSERT INTO table (title) VALUES(".$this->db->escape($title).")";</code></li> -<li><strong>$this->db->escape_str()</strong> This function escapes the data passed to it, regardless of type. +<li><strong>$this->db->escape_str()</strong> This function escapes the data passed to it, regardless of type. Most of the time you'll use the above function rather than this one. Use the function like this: <code>$sql = "INSERT INTO table (title) VALUES('".$this->db->escape_str($title)."')";</code></li> -<li><strong>$this->db->escape_like_str()</strong> This method should be used when strings are to be used in LIKE +<li><strong>$this->db->escape_like_str()</strong> This method should be used when strings are to be used in LIKE conditions so that LIKE wildcards ('%', '_') in the string are also properly escaped. <code>$search = '20% raise';<br /> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ $this->db->query($sql, array(3, 'live', 'Rick')); </code> <p>The question marks in the query are automatically replaced with the values in the array in the second parameter of the query function.</p> -<p class="important">The secondary benefit of using binds is that the values are automatically escaped, producing safer queries. You don't have to remember to manually escape data; the engine does it automatically for you.</p> +<p class="important">The secondary benefit of using binds is that the values are automatically escaped, producing safer queries. You don't have to remember to manually escape data; the engine does it automatically for you.</p> |