wpdb::add_placeholder_escape() │ public │ WP 4.8.3

Adds a placeholder escape string, to escape anything that resembles a printf() placeholder.

Method of the class: wpdb{}

No Hooks.

Return

String. The query with the placeholder escape string inserted where necessary.

Usage

global $wpdb;
$wpdb->add_placeholder_escape( $query );

$query(string) (required)

The query to escape.

Changelog

wpdb::add_placeholder_escape() wpdb::add placeholder escape code ^{WP 6.5.2}

public function add_placeholder_escape( $query ) {
	/*
	 * To prevent returning anything that even vaguely resembles a placeholder,
	 * we clobber every % we can find.
	 */
	return str_replace( '%', $this->placeholder_escape(), $query );
}