ExpressionBuilder

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class	yii\db\ExpressionBuilder
Implements	ExpressionBuilderInterface
Uses traits	ExpressionBuilderTrait
Since	2.0.14
Source	framework/db/ExpressionBuilder.php

Class ExpressionBuilder builds objects of Expression class.

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined by
$queryBuilder protected	QueryBuilder	Default: null.	ExpressionBuilderTrait

Methods

Method	Description	Defined by
__construct()	ExpressionBuilderTrait constructor.	ExpressionBuilderTrait
build()	Method builds the raw SQL from the $expression that will not be additionally escaped or quoted.	ExpressionBuilder

Method details

build()

public function build(yii\db\Expression|yii\db\ExpressionInterface $expression, array &$params = []): string

Method builds the raw SQL from the $expression that will not be additionally escaped or quoted.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$expression	Expression|ExpressionInterface	The expression to be built
$params	array	The binding parameters.

Returns

string: The raw SQL that will not be additionally escaped or quoted.