PHP Deprecated: wpdb::escape

  • Resolved Muggles

    (@muggles)


    4 years, 5 months ago

    Hi All

    I’m really not sure if this is the correct place to be starting this topic, so if I’m in the wrong place, I apologise beforehand.

    I’m coming up with the following errors in my debug file:

    [11-Oct-2020 10:36:28 UTC] PHP Deprecated: wpdb::escape is deprecated since version 3.6.0! Use wpdb::prepare() or esc_sql() instead. in /chroot/home/XXXXXXXX/thedriveracademy.co.za/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4773

    There are tons of the same error in the debug file. My functions.php file only goes up to line 306 as far as I can see and I have no clue why this error is appearing or whether it is related to my theme (Storevilla) or a plugin. I’m also not sure which page in particular it is appearing on.

    Can anyone tell me what the problem is or even what it is actually referring to?

    How can I get rid of this error? – I’ve read that you can just deactivate the debug file and then you won’t see it and it doesn’t actually cause a problem, but I would prefer to actually try and fix the problem if at all possible.

    Also, on a side-note, why is it referring to line 4773 when I can only see 306 lines in my functions.php file?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated – Thank you ??

    (I would still classify myself as a newbie regarding WordPress although I would like to think that I’m not completely useless, so please bear this in mind when answering this post – thank you ?? )

    Thanks again.

    Regards.
    Sara

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  • Hi there,

    Thank you for writing in,

    Please try deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s). Also, please activate the another theme and check if the problem persist or not.

    Regards!

    Thread Starter Muggles

    (@muggles)

    Thanks for the advice @anjeelastha01 – I ended up scrapping the site completely and recreating it from scratch. I don’t seem to have much luck with trying to transfer sites, this is the 2nd time I’ve done it and on both occasions it has been a disaster. My mothers old saying of “Laziness is never any good unless it’s well followed up” is true to this day. I shouldn’t be lazy, I should start from scratch each time LOL. Fortunately I don’t create that many sites so it isn’t to much of a problem ??

    Anyway, thanks all. Going to mark this as resolved now. Bye ??

    Hi there,

    Thank you for writing back,

    Sure, if you have any queries then, please do let us know.

    Regards!

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