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param

string param(
       string $name,
       optional type='C'
       )

Description

The function param returns a database-specific placeholder for a prepared query statement.

/*
* Connection to Oracle database
*/
print $db->param('account');
/*
* prints ':account'
*/

/*
* Connection to IBM DB2 database
*/
print $db->param('account');
/*
* prints ?
*/