Escape raw SQL queries in Laravel 4

Question

How does one go about escaping parameters passed to a raw query in Laravel 4? I expected something like DB::escape() (which rings a bell from Laravel 3) and als

Answer 1

Two answers here, that I use, have less verbose solutions built into the DB facade.

First, value quoting:

// From linked answer
DB::connection()->getPdo()->quote("string to quote");
// In the DB facade
DB::getPdo()->quote('string to quote');

Second, identifier quoting (table and column names):

// From linked answer
DB::table('x')->getGrammar()->wrap('table.column');
// In the DB facade
DB::getQueryGrammar()->wrap('table.column');