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

$value = Input::get("userID");

$results = DB::select( DB::raw("SELECT * FROM users WHERE users.id = :value"), array(
   'value' => $value,
 ));

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