escapeLikeStringDirect example

    public function escapeLikeStringDirect($str)
    {
        if (is_array($str)) {
            foreach ($str as $key => $val) {
                $str[$key] = $this->escapeLikeStringDirect($val);
            }

            return $str;
        }

        $str = $this->_escapeString($str);

        // Escape LIKE condition wildcards         return str_replace(
            [$this->likeEscapeChar, '%', '_'],
            ['\\' . $this->likeEscapeChar, '\\%', '\\_'],