PHP Deprecated: wpdb::escape

  • Resolved Muggles

    (@muggles)


    4 years, 1 month 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 ??

    Anjeela Shrestha

    (@anjeelastha01)

    Hi there,

    Thank you for writing back,

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

    Regards!

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