Title: 4.8.3 | Developer.WordPress.org

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# New and updated in 4.8.3

Functions

Hooks

Classes

Methods

 * method[wpdb::add_placeholder_escape()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/add_placeholder_escape/)
 * Adds a placeholder escape string, to escape anything that resembles a printf()
   placeholder.
 * Used by [2 functions](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/add_placeholder_escape/#used-by)
   | Uses [1 function](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/add_placeholder_escape/#uses)
   | Source: [wp-includes/class-wpdb.php:2442](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php#L2442-L2448)
 * method[wpdb::remove_placeholder_escape()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/remove_placeholder_escape/)
 * Removes the placeholder escape strings from a query.
 * Used by [3 functions](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/remove_placeholder_escape/#used-by)
   | Uses [1 function](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/remove_placeholder_escape/#uses)
   | Source: [wp-includes/class-wpdb.php:2458](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php#L2458-L2460)
 * method[wpdb::placeholder_escape()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/placeholder_escape/)
 * Generates and returns a placeholder escape string for use in queries returned
   by ::prepare().
 * Used by [3 functions](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/placeholder_escape/#used-by)
   | Uses [2 functions](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/placeholder_escape/#uses)
   | Source: [wp-includes/class-wpdb.php:2413](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php#L2413-L2432)