Title: PHP Warning on Replace
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# PHP Warning on Replace

 *  [Michael Cannon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comprock/)
 * (@comprock)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-on-replace/)
 * When running an email search and replace, the following PHP warning comes up.
   The search and replace works despite the warning.
 * “Warning: Missing argument 2 for wpdb::prepare(), called in /Users/michael/Sites/
   a2/wp-content/plugins/search-regex/searches/post_content.php on line 10 and defined
   in /Users/michael/Sites/a2/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 990”
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-regex/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-regex/)

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 *  [brokentyro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brokentyro/)
 * (@brokentyro)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-on-replace/#post-3244541)
 * I am getting this error as well. As far as I can tell, it did not happen before
   upgrading to WordPress 3.5 so I am guessing it’s a compatibility issue.
 *  Thread Starter [Michael Cannon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/comprock/)
 * (@comprock)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-on-replace/#post-3244542)
 * As mentioned, I’m still able to use the plugin. I haven’t seen the error since
   that first time.
 *  [brokentyro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brokentyro/)
 * (@brokentyro)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-on-replace/#post-3244543)
 * Here is more information on the error:
 * > [PHP Warning: Missing argument 2 for wpdb::prepare()](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2012/12/12/php-warning-missing-argument-2-for-wpdb-prepare/)

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 * Last reply from: [brokentyro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brokentyro/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-on-replace/#post-3244543)
 * Status: not resolved