like_escape( string $text ): string

Parameters

$textstring

The text to be escaped.

Return

string

text, safe for inclusion in LIKE query.

Uses · 1

• _deprecated_function()Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

Used by · 1

• WP_User_Search::prepare_query()Prepares the user search query (legacy).

Source

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3463function like_escape($text) {3464	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.0.0', 'wpdb::esc_like()' );3465	return str_replace( array( "%", "_" ), array( "\\%", "\\_" ), $text );3466}

History

Introduced in 2.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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