Using backquote/backticks for mysql queries

Question

I have building MYSQL queries with backticks. For example,

SELECT `title` FROM `table` WHERE (`id` = 3)

as opposed to:

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Answer 1

backticks are used to escape reserved keywords in your mysql query, e.g. you want to have a count column—not that uncommon.

you can use other special characters or spaces in your column/table/db names

they do not keep you safe from injection attacks (if you allow users to enter column names in some way—bad practice anyway)

they are not standardized sql and will only work in mysql; other dbms will use " instead