JOIN and variable

Hello every one i need add external variarble to join safety, how to do it?

$builder->join('users AS u', 'u.id = a.owner AND a.name like $var', 'left');

See https://codeigniter4.github.io/CodeIgnit...likestring
and https://codeigniter4.github.io/CodeIgnit....html#join

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