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title: WordPress 2.8 bleeding-edge and WordPress_Module::_weak_escape()
date: 2009-03-29T12:00:35+00:00
modified: 2012-08-23T10:20:49+00:00
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# WordPress 2.8 bleeding-edge and WordPress\_Module::\_weak\_escape()

After upgrading to *2.8-beeding-edge* I got the following error:

> `Fatal error: Call to undefined method WordPress_Module::_weak_escape()<br></br>in ../wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 473`

Disabling [Redirection](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/) plugin solved the problem. Could it be that *Redirection* also defines `_weak_escape()` or `escape()`? Server ir running PHP 5.2.6.