title: Joomla and MySQL
body: <p>Is there specific documentation available on Joomla regarding making database queries via MySQL in PHP?</p>
  
  <p>What I'm really looking for:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Whether or not Joomla has it's own database wrapper implemented, and if not, is it recommended to create one using the specified config parameters.</li>
  <li>Whether or not Joomla has the capability to parameterize their queries to prevent SQL injection.</li>
  </ul>