Are Codeigniter Active Records automatically escaped?

Question

http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/active_record.html

Is everything automatically escaped for you?

Answer 1

It also allows for safer queries, since the values are escaped automatically by the system.

was it so hard to search for "escape" substring on that page?

Answer 2

As the notes on the exact page you linked to specify:

Note: All values are escaped automatically producing safer queries.