+
+/**
+ * Formerly used to escape strings before searching the DB. It was poorly documented and never worked as described.
+ *
+ * @since 2.5.0
+ * @deprecated 4.0.0
+ * @deprecated Use wpdb::esc_like()
+ *
+ * @param string $text The text to be escaped.
+ * @return string text, safe for inclusion in LIKE query.
+ */
+function like_escape($text) {
+ _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.0', 'wpdb::esc_like()' );
+ return str_replace( array( "%", "_" ), array( "\\%", "\\_" ), $text );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Determines if the URL can be accessed over SSL.
+ *
+ * Determines if the URL can be accessed over SSL by using the WordPress HTTP API to access
+ * the URL using https as the scheme.
+ *
+ * @since 2.5.0
+ * @deprecated 4.0.0
+ *
+ * @param string $url The URL to test.
+ * @return bool Whether SSL access is available.
+ */
+function url_is_accessable_via_ssl( $url ) {
+ _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.0' );
+
+ $response = wp_remote_get( set_url_scheme( $url, 'https' ) );
+
+ if ( !is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
+ $status = wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response );
+ if ( 200 == $status || 401 == $status ) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}