<?php
/**
 * @package     Joomla.Platform
 * @subpackage  Database
 *
 * @copyright   Copyright (C) 2005 - 2011 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * @license     GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE
 */

defined('JPATH_PLATFORM') or die;

jimport('joomla.database.databasequery');

/**
 * Query Building Class.
 *
 * @package     Joomla.Platform
 * @subpackage  Database
 * @since       11.1
 */
class JDatabaseQueryMySQLi extends JDatabaseQuery
{
	/**
	 * The character(s) used to quote SQL statement names such as table names or field names,
	 * etc.  The child classes should define this as necessary.  If a single character string the
	 * same character is used for both sides of the quoted name, else the first character will be
	 * used for the opening quote and the second for the closing quote.
	 *
	 * @var    string
	 * @since  11.1
	 */
	protected $name_quotes = '`';

	/**
	 * The null or zero representation of a timestamp for the database driver.  This should be
	 * defined in child classes to hold the appropriate value for the engine.
	 *
	 * @var    string
	 * @since  11.1
	 */
	protected $null_date = '0000-00-00 00:00:00';

	/**
	 * Concatenates an array of column names or values.
	 *
	 * @param   array   $values     An array of values to concatenate.
	 * @param   string  $separator  As separator to place between each value.
	 *
	 * @return  string  The concatenated values.
	 *
	 * @since   11.1
	 */
   function concatenate($values, $separator = null)
   {
		if ($separator) {
			$concat_string = 'CONCAT_WS('.$this->quote($separator);

			foreach($values as $value)
			{
				$concat_string .= ', '.$value;
			}

			return $concat_string.')';
		}
		else {
			return 'CONCAT('.implode(',', $values).')';
		}
	}
}
