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diff --git a/application/config/database.php b/application/config/database.php
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+++ b/application/config/database.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| DATABASE CONNECTIVITY SETTINGS
@@ -16,23 +16,29 @@
| ['username'] The username used to connect to the database
| ['password'] The password used to connect to the database
| ['database'] The name of the database you want to connect to
-| ['dbdriver'] The database type. ie: mysql. Currently supported:
- mysql, mysqli, postgre, odbc, mssql, sqlite, oci8
+| ['dbdriver'] The database type. ie: mysql. Currently supported:
+| mysql, mysqli, postgre, odbc, mssql, sqlite, oci8
| ['dbprefix'] You can add an optional prefix, which will be added
-| to the table name when using the Active Record class
+| to the table name when using the Active Record class
| ['pconnect'] TRUE/FALSE - Whether to use a persistent connection
| ['db_debug'] TRUE/FALSE - Whether database errors should be displayed.
| ['cache_on'] TRUE/FALSE - Enables/disables query caching
| ['cachedir'] The path to the folder where cache files should be stored
| ['char_set'] The character set used in communicating with the database
| ['dbcollat'] The character collation used in communicating with the database
+| NOTE: For MySQL and MySQLi databases, this setting is only used
+| as a backup if your server is running PHP < 5.2.3 or MySQL < 5.0.7.
+| There is an incompatibility in PHP with mysql_real_escape_string() which
+| can make your site vulnerable to SQL injection if you are using a
+| multi-byte character set and are running versions lower than these.
+| Sites using Latin-1 or UTF-8 database character set and collation are unaffected.
| ['swap_pre'] A default table prefix that should be swapped with the dbprefix
| ['autoinit'] Whether or not to automatically initialize the database.
| ['stricton'] TRUE/FALSE - forces 'Strict Mode' connections
| - good for ensuring strict SQL while developing
|
| The $active_group variable lets you choose which connection group to
-| make active. By default there is only one group (the 'default' group).
+| make active. By default there is only one group (the 'default' group).
|
| The $active_record variables lets you determine whether or not to load
| the active record class