Do not use, deprecated.

Use esc_sql() or wpdb::prepare() instead.

• wpdb::prepare()
• esc_sql()

$data string|array Required

Data to escape.

string|array Escaped data, in the same type as supplied.

File: wp-includes/class-wpdb.php. View all references

public function escape( $data ) {
	if ( func_num_args() === 1 && function_exists( '_deprecated_function' ) ) {
		_deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '3.6.0', 'wpdb::prepare() or esc_sql()' );
	}
	if ( is_array( $data ) ) {
		foreach ( $data as $k => $v ) {
			if ( is_array( $v ) ) {
				$data[ $k ] = $this->escape( $v, 'recursive' );
			} else {
				$data[ $k ] = $this->_weak_escape( $v, 'internal' );
			}
		}
	} else {
		$data = $this->_weak_escape( $data, 'internal' );
	}

	return $data;
}