wpdb::add_placeholder_escape( string $query )

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

Parameters

$query

(string) (Required) The query to escape.

Return

(string) The query with the placeholder escape string inserted where necessary.

Source

File: wp-includes/wp-db.php

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 );
	}

Changelog

Version Description
4.8.3 Introduced.

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