[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10041: like_escape() should escape backslashes too

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#10041: like_escape() should escape backslashes too
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 Reporter:  miau_jp              |       Owner:  wonderboymusic
     Type:  defect (bug)         |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high                 |   Milestone:  4.0
Component:  Formatting           |     Version:  2.8
 Severity:  normal               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  4.0-early has-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by miqrogroove):

 Replying to [comment:65 johnjamesjacoby]:
 > There are a few places in r28712 where they are swapped out directly.

 Indeed.  And in a few places it wasn't possible.  Even in core code.

 The problem wasn't just with usage.  The docs actually said like_escape()
 was SQL safe even though it was not.  So we have to anticipate that
 message resulted in the function being used in many strange ways in
 plugins.

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