diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 486805f97..35e2c480c 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 
 	// Searching for contact URL
 	if (!is_null($contact_id) && (intval($contact_id) == 0)) {
-		$user = dbesc(normalise_link($contact_id));
+		$user = DBA::escape(normalise_link($contact_id));
 		$url = $user;
 		$extra_query = "AND `contact`.`nurl` = '%s' ";
 		if (api_user() !== false) {
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 
 	// Searching for contact id with uid = 0
 	if (!is_null($contact_id) && (intval($contact_id) != 0)) {
-		$user = dbesc(api_unique_id_to_nurl(intval($contact_id)));
+		$user = DBA::escape(api_unique_id_to_nurl(intval($contact_id)));
 
 		if ($user == "") {
 			throw new BadRequestException("User ID ".$contact_id." not found.");
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 	}
 
 	if (is_null($user) && x($_GET, 'user_id')) {
-		$user = dbesc(api_unique_id_to_nurl($_GET['user_id']));
+		$user = DBA::escape(api_unique_id_to_nurl($_GET['user_id']));
 
 		if ($user == "") {
 			throw new BadRequestException("User ID ".$_GET['user_id']." not found.");
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 		}
 	}
 	if (is_null($user) && x($_GET, 'screen_name')) {
-		$user = dbesc($_GET['screen_name']);
+		$user = DBA::escape($_GET['screen_name']);
 		$extra_query = "AND `contact`.`nick` = '%s' ";
 		if (api_user() !== false) {
 			$extra_query .= "AND `contact`.`uid`=".intval(api_user());
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 	}
 
 	if (is_null($user) && x($_GET, 'profileurl')) {
-		$user = dbesc(normalise_link($_GET['profileurl']));
+		$user = DBA::escape(normalise_link($_GET['profileurl']));
 		$extra_query = "AND `contact`.`nurl` = '%s' ";
 		if (api_user() !== false) {
 			$extra_query .= "AND `contact`.`uid`=".intval(api_user());
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 			list($user, $null) = explode(".", $a->argv[$argid]);
 		}
 		if (is_numeric($user)) {
-			$user = dbesc(api_unique_id_to_nurl(intval($user)));
+			$user = DBA::escape(api_unique_id_to_nurl(intval($user)));
 
 			if ($user != "") {
 				$url = $user;
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
-			$user = dbesc($user);
+			$user = DBA::escape($user);
 			$extra_query = "AND `contact`.`nick` = '%s' ";
 			if (api_user() !== false) {
 				$extra_query .= "AND `contact`.`uid`=" . intval(api_user());
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 		$r = [];
 
 		if ($url != "") {
-			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `nurl` = '%s' LIMIT 1", dbesc(normalise_link($url)));
+			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `nurl` = '%s' LIMIT 1", DBA::escape(normalise_link($url)));
 		}
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1437,10 +1437,10 @@ function api_users_search($type)
 	$userlist = [];
 
 	if (x($_GET, 'q')) {
-		$r = q("SELECT id FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `name` = '%s'", dbesc($_GET["q"]));
+		$r = q("SELECT id FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `name` = '%s'", DBA::escape($_GET["q"]));
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
-			$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `nick` = '%s'", dbesc($_GET["q"]));
+			$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `nick` = '%s'", DBA::escape($_GET["q"]));
 		}
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -3482,7 +3482,7 @@ function api_direct_messages_new($type)
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id`, `nurl`, `network` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid`=%d AND `nick`='%s'",
 			intval(api_user()),
-			dbesc($_POST['screen_name'])
+			DBA::escape($_POST['screen_name'])
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -3579,7 +3579,7 @@ function api_direct_messages_destroy($type)
 	}
 
 	// add parent-uri to sql command if specified by calling app
-	$sql_extra = ($parenturi != "" ? " AND `parent-uri` = '" . dbesc($parenturi) . "'" : "");
+	$sql_extra = ($parenturi != "" ? " AND `parent-uri` = '" . DBA::escape($parenturi) . "'" : "");
 
 	// get data of the specified message id
 	$r = q(
@@ -3668,13 +3668,13 @@ function api_direct_messages_box($type, $box, $verbose)
 
 	// filters
 	if ($box=="sentbox") {
-		$sql_extra = "`mail`.`from-url`='" . dbesc($profile_url) . "'";
+		$sql_extra = "`mail`.`from-url`='" . DBA::escape($profile_url) . "'";
 	} elseif ($box == "conversation") {
-		$sql_extra = "`mail`.`parent-uri`='" . dbesc(defaults($_GET, 'uri', ''))  . "'";
+		$sql_extra = "`mail`.`parent-uri`='" . DBA::escape(defaults($_GET, 'uri', ''))  . "'";
 	} elseif ($box == "all") {
 		$sql_extra = "true";
 	} elseif ($box == "inbox") {
-		$sql_extra = "`mail`.`from-url`!='" . dbesc($profile_url) . "'";
+		$sql_extra = "`mail`.`from-url`!='" . DBA::escape($profile_url) . "'";
 	}
 
 	if ($max_id > 0) {
@@ -3684,7 +3684,7 @@ function api_direct_messages_box($type, $box, $verbose)
 	if ($user_id != "") {
 		$sql_extra .= ' AND `mail`.`contact-id` = ' . intval($user_id);
 	} elseif ($screen_name !="") {
-		$sql_extra .= " AND `contact`.`nick` = '" . dbesc($screen_name). "'";
+		$sql_extra .= " AND `contact`.`nick` = '" . DBA::escape($screen_name). "'";
 	}
 
 	$r = q(
@@ -3847,7 +3847,7 @@ function api_fr_photoalbum_delete($type)
 	$r = q(
 		"SELECT DISTINCT `resource-id` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` = '%s'",
 		intval(api_user()),
-		dbesc($album)
+		DBA::escape($album)
 	);
 	if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 		throw new BadRequestException("album not available");
@@ -4008,8 +4008,8 @@ function api_fr_photo_create_update($type)
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s' AND `album` = '%s'",
 			intval(api_user()),
-			dbesc($photo_id),
-			dbesc($album)
+			DBA::escape($photo_id),
+			DBA::escape($album)
 		);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			throw new BadRequestException("photo not available");
@@ -4078,8 +4078,8 @@ function api_fr_photo_create_update($type)
 				$sql_extra,
 				DateTimeFormat::utcNow(),   // update edited timestamp
 				intval(api_user()),
-				dbesc($photo_id),
-				dbesc($album)
+				DBA::escape($photo_id),
+				DBA::escape($album)
 			);
 		} else {
 			$nothingtodo = true;
@@ -4132,7 +4132,7 @@ function api_fr_photo_delete($type)
 	$r = q(
 		"SELECT `id` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s'",
 		intval(api_user()),
-		dbesc($photo_id)
+		DBA::escape($photo_id)
 	);
 	if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 		throw new BadRequestException("photo not available");
@@ -4596,7 +4596,7 @@ function prepare_photo_data($type, $scale, $photo_id)
 			FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s' %s GROUP BY `resource-id`",
 		$data_sql,
 		intval(local_user()),
-		dbesc($photo_id),
+		DBA::escape($photo_id),
 		$scale_sql
 	);
 
@@ -4850,7 +4850,7 @@ function api_get_nick($profile)
 
 	$r = q(
 		"SELECT `nick` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `nurl` = '%s'",
-		dbesc(normalise_link($profile))
+		DBA::escape(normalise_link($profile))
 	);
 
 	if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -4860,7 +4860,7 @@ function api_get_nick($profile)
 	if (!$nick == "") {
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `nick` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `nurl` = '%s'",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($profile))
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($profile))
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -5205,7 +5205,7 @@ function api_friendica_group_delete($type)
 		"SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d AND `name` = '%s'",
 		intval($uid),
 		intval($gid),
-		dbesc($name)
+		DBA::escape($name)
 	);
 	// error message if specified gid is not in database
 	if (!DBA::isResult($rname)) {
@@ -5290,7 +5290,7 @@ function group_create($name, $uid, $users = [])
 	$rname = q(
 		"SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' AND `deleted` = 0",
 		intval($uid),
-		dbesc($name)
+		DBA::escape($name)
 	);
 	// error message if specified group name already exists
 	if (DBA::isResult($rname)) {
@@ -5301,7 +5301,7 @@ function group_create($name, $uid, $users = [])
 	$rname = q(
 		"SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' AND `deleted` = 1",
 		intval($uid),
-		dbesc($name)
+		DBA::escape($name)
 	);
 	// error message if specified group name already exists
 	if (DBA::isResult($rname)) {
@@ -5728,7 +5728,7 @@ function api_friendica_direct_messages_search($type, $box = "")
 	$r = q(
 		"SELECT `mail`.*, `contact`.`nurl` AS `contact-url` FROM `mail`,`contact` WHERE `mail`.`contact-id` = `contact`.`id` AND `mail`.`uid`=%d AND `body` LIKE '%s' ORDER BY `mail`.`id` DESC",
 		intval($uid),
-		dbesc('%'.$searchstring.'%')
+		DBA::escape('%'.$searchstring.'%')
 	);
 
 	$profile_url = $user_info["url"];
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index bccd9792b..86ca2ac2d 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@
 
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 
-function dbesc($str) {
-	if (DBA::$connected) {
-		return(DBA::escape($str));
-	} else {
-		return(str_replace("'","\\'",$str));
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * @brief execute SQL query with printf style args - deprecated
  *
@@ -49,7 +41,3 @@ function q($sql) {
 
 	return $data;
 }
-
-function dba_timer() {
-	return microtime(true);
-}
diff --git a/include/enotify.php b/include/enotify.php
index 4dfb53f8c..f678fa01f 100644
--- a/include/enotify.php
+++ b/include/enotify.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function notification($params)
 			intval(NOTIFY_TAGSELF),
 			intval(NOTIFY_COMMENT),
 			intval(NOTIFY_SHARE),
-			dbesc($params['link']),
+			DBA::escape($params['link']),
 			intval($params['uid'])
 		);
 		if ($p && count($p)) {
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ function notification($params)
 			$dups = false;
 			$hash = random_string();
 			$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `notify` WHERE `hash` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($hash));
+				DBA::escape($hash));
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$dups = true;
 			}
@@ -469,23 +469,23 @@ function notification($params)
 		// create notification entry in DB
 		q("INSERT INTO `notify` (`hash`, `name`, `url`, `photo`, `date`, `uid`, `link`, `iid`, `parent`, `type`, `verb`, `otype`, `name_cache`)
 			values('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s', %d, %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s')",
-			dbesc($datarray['hash']),
-			dbesc($datarray['name']),
-			dbesc($datarray['url']),
-			dbesc($datarray['photo']),
-			dbesc($datarray['date']),
+			DBA::escape($datarray['hash']),
+			DBA::escape($datarray['name']),
+			DBA::escape($datarray['url']),
+			DBA::escape($datarray['photo']),
+			DBA::escape($datarray['date']),
 			intval($datarray['uid']),
-			dbesc($datarray['link']),
+			DBA::escape($datarray['link']),
 			intval($datarray['iid']),
 			intval($datarray['parent']),
 			intval($datarray['type']),
-			dbesc($datarray['verb']),
-			dbesc($datarray['otype']),
-			dbesc($datarray["name_cache"])
+			DBA::escape($datarray['verb']),
+			DBA::escape($datarray['otype']),
+			DBA::escape($datarray["name_cache"])
 		);
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `notify` WHERE `hash` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($hash),
+			DBA::escape($hash),
 			intval($params['uid'])
 		);
 		if ($r) {
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ function notification($params)
 		$p = q("SELECT `id` FROM `notify` WHERE `type` IN (%d, %d) AND `link` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `id`",
 			intval(NOTIFY_TAGSELF),
 			intval(NOTIFY_COMMENT),
-			dbesc($params['link']),
+			DBA::escape($params['link']),
 			intval($params['uid'])
 		);
 		if ($p && (count($p) > 1)) {
@@ -519,8 +519,8 @@ function notification($params)
 		$msg = replace_macros($epreamble, ['$itemlink' => $itemlink]);
 		$msg_cache = format_notification_message($datarray['name_cache'], strip_tags(BBCode::convert($msg)));
 		q("UPDATE `notify` SET `msg` = '%s', `msg_cache` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
-			dbesc($msg),
-			dbesc($msg_cache),
+			DBA::escape($msg),
+			DBA::escape($msg_cache),
 			intval($notify_id),
 			intval($params['uid'])
 		);
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 55c69a041..5e250284c 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml, $importer, $contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 			FROM `contact`
 			LEFT JOIN `user` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
 			WHERE `contact`.`id` = %d AND `user`.`uid` = %d",
-			dbesc($contact["id"]), dbesc($importer["uid"])
+			DBA::escape($contact["id"]), DBA::escape($importer["uid"])
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			logger("Now import the DFRN feed");
diff --git a/include/security.php b/include/security.php
index ad76509fd..cd2427911 100644
--- a/include/security.php
+++ b/include/security.php
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ function permissions_sql($owner_id, $remote_verified = false, $groups = null)
 				  )
 				",
 				intval($remote_user),
-				dbesc($gs),
+				DBA::escape($gs),
 				intval($remote_user),
-				dbesc($gs)
+				DBA::escape($gs)
 			);
 		}
 	}
@@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ function item_permissions_sql($owner_id, $remote_verified = false, $groups = nul
 				  AND ( `item`.allow_cid REGEXP '<%d>' OR `item`.allow_gid REGEXP '%s' OR ( `item`.allow_cid = '' AND `item`.allow_gid = '')))))
 				",
 				intval($remote_user),
-				dbesc($gs),
+				DBA::escape($gs),
 				intval($remote_user),
-				dbesc($gs)
+				DBA::escape($gs)
 			);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index b791480d8..aee0a7034 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -755,9 +755,9 @@ function contact_block() {
 				AND NOT `pending` AND NOT `hidden` AND NOT `archive`
 				AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s')",
 			intval($a->profile['uid']),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA)
 	);
 	if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 		$total = intval($r[0]['total']);
@@ -773,9 +773,9 @@ function contact_block() {
 					AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s')
 				ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT %d",
 				intval($a->profile['uid']),
-				dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-				dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
-				dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
 				intval($shown)
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ function contact_block() {
 				$contacts[] = $contact["id"];
 			}
 			$r = q("SELECT `id`, `uid`, `addr`, `url`, `name`, `thumb`, `network` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` IN (%s)",
-				dbesc(implode(",", $contacts)));
+				DBA::escape(implode(",", $contacts)));
 
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$contacts = L10n::tt('%d Contact', '%d Contacts', $total);
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ function generate_user_guid() {
 	do {
 		$guid = System::createGUID(32);
 		$x = q("SELECT `uid` FROM `user` WHERE `guid` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($guid)
+			DBA::escape($guid)
 		);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($x)) {
 			$found = false;
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ function file_tag_file_query($table,$s,$type = 'file') {
 	} else {
 		$str = preg_quote('<' . str_replace('%', '%%', file_tag_encode($s)) . '>');
 	}
-	return " AND " . (($table) ? dbesc($table) . '.' : '') . "file regexp '" . dbesc($str) . "' ";
+	return " AND " . (($table) ? DBA::escape($table) . '.' : '') . "file regexp '" . DBA::escape($str) . "' ";
 }
 
 // ex. given music,video return <music><video> or [music][video]
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ function file_tag_update_pconfig($uid, $file_old, $file_new, $type = 'file') {
 
 		foreach ($deleted_tags as $key => $tag) {
 			$r = q("SELECT `oid` FROM `term` WHERE `term` = '%s' AND `otype` = %d AND `type` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
-				dbesc($tag),
+				DBA::escape($tag),
 				intval(TERM_OBJ_POST),
 				intval($termtype),
 				intval($uid));
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ function file_tag_unsave_file($uid, $item_id, $file, $cat = false)
 	Item::update($fields, ['id' => $item_id]);
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `oid` FROM `term` WHERE `term` = '%s' AND `otype` = %d AND `type` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
-		dbesc($file),
+		DBA::escape($file),
 		intval(TERM_OBJ_POST),
 		intval($termtype),
 		intval($uid)
diff --git a/mod/acl.php b/mod/acl.php
index 90e85040f..5d155511d 100644
--- a/mod/acl.php
+++ b/mod/acl.php
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ function acl_content(App $a)
 	logger("Searching for ".$search." - type ".$type." conversation ".$conv_id, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 	if ($search != '') {
-		$sql_extra = "AND `name` LIKE '%%" . dbesc($search) . "%%'";
-		$sql_extra2 = "AND (`attag` LIKE '%%" . dbesc($search) . "%%' OR `name` LIKE '%%" . dbesc($search) . "%%' OR `nick` LIKE '%%" . dbesc($search) . "%%')";
+		$sql_extra = "AND `name` LIKE '%%" . DBA::escape($search) . "%%'";
+		$sql_extra2 = "AND (`attag` LIKE '%%" . DBA::escape($search) . "%%' OR `name` LIKE '%%" . DBA::escape($search) . "%%' OR `nick` LIKE '%%" . DBA::escape($search) . "%%')";
 	} else {
 		/// @TODO Avoid these needless else blocks by putting variable-initialization atop of if()
 		$sql_extra = $sql_extra2 = '';
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ function acl_content(App $a)
 				AND `success_update` >= `failure_update`
 				AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s') $sql_extra2",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA)
 		);
 		$contact_count = (int) $r[0]['c'];
 	} elseif ($type == 'a') {
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ function acl_content(App $a)
 				$sql_extra2
 				ORDER BY `name` ASC ",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
 		);
 	} elseif ($type == 'c') {
 		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `nick`, `micro`, `network`, `url`, `attag`, `addr`, `forum`, `prv` FROM `contact`
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function acl_content(App $a)
 				$sql_extra2
 				ORDER BY `name` ASC ",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
 		);
 	} elseif ($type == 'f') {
 		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `nick`, `micro`, `network`, `url`, `attag`, `addr`, `forum`, `prv` FROM `contact`
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ function acl_content(App $a)
 				$sql_extra2
 				ORDER BY `name` ASC ",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
 		);
 	} elseif ($type == 'm') {
 		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `nick`, `micro`, `network`, `url`, `attag`, `addr` FROM `contact`
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ function acl_content(App $a)
 				$sql_extra2
 				ORDER BY `name` ASC ",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA)
 		);
 	} elseif ($type == 'a') {
 		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `nick`, `micro`, `network`, `url`, `attag`, `addr`, `forum`, `prv` FROM `contact`
diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index ba570e583..5d6883149 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ function admin_page_workerqueue(App $a)
 function admin_page_summary(App $a)
 {
 	// are there MyISAM tables in the DB? If so, trigger a warning message
-	$r = q("SELECT `engine` FROM `information_schema`.`tables` WHERE `engine` = 'myisam' AND `table_schema` = '%s' LIMIT 1", dbesc(DBA::databaseName()));
+	$r = q("SELECT `engine` FROM `information_schema`.`tables` WHERE `engine` = 'myisam' AND `table_schema` = '%s' LIMIT 1", DBA::escape(DBA::databaseName()));
 	$showwarning = false;
 	$warningtext = [];
 	if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -949,8 +949,8 @@ function admin_page_site_post(App $a)
 
 		function update_table($table_name, $fields, $old_url, $new_url)
 		{
-			$dbold = dbesc($old_url);
-			$dbnew = dbesc($new_url);
+			$dbold = DBA::escape($old_url);
+			$dbnew = DBA::escape($new_url);
 
 			$upd = [];
 			foreach ($fields as $f) {
diff --git a/mod/api.php b/mod/api.php
index 2a871a9a9..e97846165 100644
--- a/mod/api.php
+++ b/mod/api.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function oauth_get_client($request)
 	$r = q("SELECT `clients`.*
 			FROM `clients`, `tokens`
 			WHERE `clients`.`client_id`=`tokens`.`client_id`
-			AND `tokens`.`id`='%s' AND `tokens`.`scope`='request'", dbesc($token));
+			AND `tokens`.`id`='%s' AND `tokens`.`scope`='request'", DBA::escape($token));
 
 	if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 		return null;
diff --git a/mod/attach.php b/mod/attach.php
index a04fba9ca..99f0fc460 100644
--- a/mod/attach.php
+++ b/mod/attach.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function attach_init(App $a)
 	// Now we'll see if we can access the attachment
 
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `attach` WHERE `id` = '%d' $sql_extra LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($item_id)
+		DBA::escape($item_id)
 	);
 
 	if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 71961a3df..52363d742 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ function contacts_post(App $a)
 		`ffi_keyword_blacklist` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
 		intval($profile_id),
 		intval($priority),
-		dbesc($info),
+		DBA::escape($info),
 		intval($hidden),
 		intval($notify),
 		intval($fetch_further_information),
-		dbesc($ffi_keyword_blacklist),
+		DBA::escape($ffi_keyword_blacklist),
 		intval($contact_id),
 		intval(local_user())
 	);
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ function _contact_update_profile($contact_id)
 			$query .= ", ";
 		}
 
-		$query .= "`" . $key . "` = '" . dbesc($value) . "'";
+		$query .= "`" . $key . "` = '" . DBA::escape($value) . "'";
 	}
 
 	if ($query == "") {
@@ -773,12 +773,12 @@ function contacts_content(App $a)
 	if ($search) {
 		$searching = true;
 		$search_hdr = $search;
-		$search_txt = dbesc(protect_sprintf(preg_quote($search)));
+		$search_txt = DBA::escape(protect_sprintf(preg_quote($search)));
 		$sql_extra .= " AND (name REGEXP '$search_txt' OR url REGEXP '$search_txt'  OR nick REGEXP '$search_txt') ";
 	}
 
 	if ($nets) {
-		$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND network = '%s' ", dbesc($nets));
+		$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND network = '%s' ", DBA::escape($nets));
 	}
 
 	$sql_extra2 = ((($sort_type > 0) && ($sort_type <= CONTACT_IS_FRIEND)) ? sprintf(" AND `rel` = %d ", intval($sort_type)) : '');
diff --git a/mod/crepair.php b/mod/crepair.php
index 97569a2a0..309a356d5 100644
--- a/mod/crepair.php
+++ b/mod/crepair.php
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ function crepair_post(App $a)
 
 	$r = q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s', `url` = '%s', `nurl` = '%s', `request` = '%s', `confirm` = '%s', `notify` = '%s', `poll` = '%s', `attag` = '%s' , `remote_self` = %d
 		WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
-		dbesc($name),
-		dbesc($nick),
-		dbesc($url),
-		dbesc($nurl),
-		dbesc($request),
-		dbesc($confirm),
-		dbesc($notify),
-		dbesc($poll),
-		dbesc($attag),
+		DBA::escape($name),
+		DBA::escape($nick),
+		DBA::escape($url),
+		DBA::escape($nurl),
+		DBA::escape($request),
+		DBA::escape($confirm),
+		DBA::escape($notify),
+		DBA::escape($poll),
+		DBA::escape($attag),
 		intval($remote_self),
 		intval($contact['id']),
 		local_user()
diff --git a/mod/delegate.php b/mod/delegate.php
index e9760fa3f..d0fd78cec 100644
--- a/mod/delegate.php
+++ b/mod/delegate.php
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ function delegate_content(App $a)
 		AND SUBSTRING_INDEX(`nurl`, '/', 3) = '%s'
 		AND `uid` = %d
 		AND `network` = '%s' ",
-		dbesc(normalise_link(System::baseUrl())),
+		DBA::escape(normalise_link(System::baseUrl())),
 		intval(local_user()),
-		dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN)
+		DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN)
 	);
 	if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 		$nicknames = [];
 		foreach ($r as $rr) {
-			$nicknames[] = "'" . dbesc(basename($rr['nurl'])) . "'";
+			$nicknames[] = "'" . DBA::escape(basename($rr['nurl'])) . "'";
 		}
 
 		$nicks = implode(',', $nicknames);
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_confirm.php b/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
index d6e847023..a2871b3b3 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(App $a, $handsfree = null)
 			AND `uid` = %d
 			AND `duplex` = 0
 			LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($dfrn_id),
+			DBA::escape($dfrn_id),
 			intval($cid),
 			intval($uid)
 		);
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(App $a, $handsfree = null)
 
 			// Save the private key. Send them the public key.
 			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `prvkey` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
-				dbesc($private_key),
+				DBA::escape($private_key),
 				intval($contact_id),
 				intval($uid)
 			);
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(App $a, $handsfree = null)
 					// birthday paradox - generate new dfrn-id and fall through.
 					$new_dfrn_id = random_string();
 					q("UPDATE contact SET `issued-id` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
-						dbesc($new_dfrn_id),
+						DBA::escape($new_dfrn_id),
 						intval($contact_id),
 						intval($uid)
 					);
@@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(App $a, $handsfree = null)
 				`network` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d
 			",
 				intval($new_relation),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
 				intval($duplex),
 				intval($hidden),
-				dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
 				intval($contact_id)
 			);
 		} else {
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(App $a, $handsfree = null)
 				`rel` = %d
 				WHERE `id` = %d
 			",
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-				dbesc($addr),
-				dbesc($notify),
-				dbesc($poll),
-				dbesc($network),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape($addr),
+				DBA::escape($notify),
+				DBA::escape($poll),
+				DBA::escape($network),
 				intval($writable),
 				intval($hidden),
 				intval($new_relation),
@@ -517,8 +517,8 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(App $a, $handsfree = null)
 		}
 
 		$r = q("UPDATE `contact` SET `dfrn-id` = '%s', `pubkey` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
-			dbesc($decrypted_dfrn_id),
-			dbesc($dfrn_pubkey),
+			DBA::escape($decrypted_dfrn_id),
+			DBA::escape($dfrn_pubkey),
 			intval($dfrn_record)
 		);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -568,12 +568,12 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(App $a, $handsfree = null)
 			`network` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d
 		",
 			intval($new_relation),
-			dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-			dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+			DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+			DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
 			intval($duplex),
 			intval($forum),
 			intval($prv),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
 			intval($dfrn_record)
 		);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {	// indicates schema is messed up or total db failure
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index 5c59fc73f..6f03bc6c1 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 	$sql_extra = '';
 	switch ($direction) {
 		case (-1):
-			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND ( `issued-id` = '%s' OR `dfrn-id` = '%s' ) ", dbesc($dfrn_id), dbesc($dfrn_id));
+			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND ( `issued-id` = '%s' OR `dfrn-id` = '%s' ) ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id), DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 			break;
 		case 0:
-			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 			break;
 		case 1:
-			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 			break;
 		default:
 			System::xmlExit(3, 'Invalid direction');
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 			LEFT JOIN `user` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
 			WHERE `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
 				AND `user`.`nickname` = '%s' AND `user`.`account_expired` = 0 AND `user`.`account_removed` = 0 $sql_extra LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($a->argv[1])
+		DBA::escape($a->argv[1])
 	);
 
 	if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -312,15 +312,15 @@ function dfrn_notify_content(App $a) {
 		$sql_extra = '';
 		switch($direction) {
 			case (-1):
-				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND (`issued-id` = '%s' OR `dfrn-id` = '%s') ", dbesc($dfrn_id), dbesc($dfrn_id));
+				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND (`issued-id` = '%s' OR `dfrn-id` = '%s') ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id), DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				$my_id = $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			case 0:
-				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				$my_id = '1:' . $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			case 1:
-				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				$my_id = '0:' . $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			default:
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_content(App $a) {
 		$r = q("SELECT `contact`.*, `user`.`nickname`, `user`.`page-flags` FROM `contact` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
 				WHERE `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0 AND `user`.`nickname` = '%s'
 				AND `user`.`account_expired` = 0 AND `user`.`account_removed` = 0 $sql_extra LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($a->argv[1])
+				DBA::escape($a->argv[1])
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_poll.php b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
index d835f5a88..943ddddec 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_poll.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_init(App $a)
 		$user = '';
 		if ($a->argc > 1) {
 			$r = q("SELECT `hidewall`,`nickname` FROM `user` WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($a->argv[1])
+				DBA::escape($a->argv[1])
 			);
 			if (!$r) {
 				System::httpExit(404);
@@ -77,15 +77,15 @@ function dfrn_poll_init(App $a)
 		$sql_extra = '';
 		switch ($direction) {
 			case -1:
-				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND ( `dfrn-id` = '%s' OR `issued-id` = '%s' ) ", dbesc($dfrn_id), dbesc($dfrn_id));
+				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND ( `dfrn-id` = '%s' OR `issued-id` = '%s' ) ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id), DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				$my_id = $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			case 0:
-				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				$my_id = '1:' . $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			case 1:
-				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				$my_id = '0:' . $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			default:
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_init(App $a)
 			FROM `contact` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
 			WHERE `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
 			AND `user`.`nickname` = '%s' $sql_extra LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($a->argv[1])
+			DBA::escape($a->argv[1])
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ function dfrn_poll_init(App $a)
 					$session_id = session_id();
 					$expire = time() + 86400;
 					q("UPDATE `session` SET `expire` = '%s' WHERE `sid` = '%s'",
-						dbesc($expire),
-						dbesc($session_id)
+						DBA::escape($expire),
+						DBA::escape($session_id)
 					);
 				}
 			}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_init(App $a)
 		if ((strlen($challenge)) && (strlen($sec))) {
 			DBA::delete('profile_check', ["`expire` < ?", time()]);
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `profile_check` WHERE `sec` = '%s' ORDER BY `expire` DESC LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($sec)
+				DBA::escape($sec)
 			);
 			if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				System::xmlExit(3, 'No ticket');
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_init(App $a)
 
 			DBA::delete('profile_check', ["`expire` < ?", time()]);
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `profile_check` WHERE `dfrn_id` = '%s' ORDER BY `expire` DESC",
-				dbesc($dfrn_id));
+				DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				System::xmlExit(1);
 				return; // NOTREACHED
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_post(App $a)
 
 			DBA::delete('profile_check', ["`expire` < ?", time()]);
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `profile_check` WHERE `sec` = '%s' ORDER BY `expire` DESC LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($sec)
+				DBA::escape($sec)
 			);
 			if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				System::xmlExit(3, 'No ticket');
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ function dfrn_poll_post(App $a)
 	}
 
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `challenge` WHERE `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `challenge` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($dfrn_id),
-		dbesc($challenge)
+		DBA::escape($dfrn_id),
+		DBA::escape($challenge)
 	);
 
 	if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -312,15 +312,15 @@ function dfrn_poll_post(App $a)
 	$sql_extra = '';
 	switch ($direction) {
 		case -1:
-			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 			$my_id = $dfrn_id;
 			break;
 		case 0:
-			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 			$my_id = '1:' . $dfrn_id;
 			break;
 		case 1:
-			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 			$my_id = '0:' . $dfrn_id;
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_post(App $a)
 
 	if ($type === 'reputation' && strlen($url)) {
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `url` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($url),
+			DBA::escape($url),
 			intval($owner_uid)
 		);
 		$reputation = 0;
@@ -417,11 +417,11 @@ function dfrn_poll_content(App $a)
 		if ($type !== 'profile') {
 			$r = q("INSERT INTO `challenge` ( `challenge`, `dfrn-id`, `expire` , `type`, `last_update` )
 				VALUES( '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
-				dbesc($hash),
-				dbesc($dfrn_id),
+				DBA::escape($hash),
+				DBA::escape($dfrn_id),
 				intval(time() + 60 ),
-				dbesc($type),
-				dbesc($last_update)
+				DBA::escape($type),
+				DBA::escape($last_update)
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -429,19 +429,19 @@ function dfrn_poll_content(App $a)
 		switch ($direction) {
 			case -1:
 				if ($type === 'profile') {
-					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND ( `dfrn-id` = '%s' OR `issued-id` = '%s' ) ", dbesc($dfrn_id), dbesc($dfrn_id));
+					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND ( `dfrn-id` = '%s' OR `issued-id` = '%s' ) ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id), DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				} else {
-					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				}
 
 				$my_id = $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			case 0:
-				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				$my_id = '1:' . $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			case 1:
-				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+				$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 				$my_id = '0:' . $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			default:
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_content(App $a)
 			FROM `contact` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `contact`.`uid` = `user`.`uid`
 			WHERE `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
 			AND `user`.`nickname` = '%s' $sql_extra LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($nickname)
+			DBA::escape($nickname)
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			$challenge = '';
@@ -546,8 +546,8 @@ function dfrn_poll_content(App $a)
 					$session_id = session_id();
 					$expire = time() + 86400;
 					q("UPDATE `session` SET `expire` = '%s' WHERE `sid` = '%s'",
-						dbesc($expire),
-						dbesc($session_id)
+						DBA::escape($expire),
+						DBA::escape($session_id)
 					);
 				}
 
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index 5c7e2adf5..ede469e1f 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 				// Lookup the contact based on their URL (which is the only unique thing we have at the moment)
 				$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `nurl` = '%s' AND NOT `self` LIMIT 1",
 					intval(local_user()),
-					dbesc(normalise_link($dfrn_url))
+					DBA::escape(normalise_link($dfrn_url))
 				);
 
 				if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 						VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' , '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, %d)",
 						intval(local_user()),
 						DateTimeFormat::utcNow(),
-						dbesc($dfrn_url),
-						dbesc(normalise_link($dfrn_url)),
+						DBA::escape($dfrn_url),
+						DBA::escape(normalise_link($dfrn_url)),
 						$parms['addr'],
 						$parms['fn'],
 						$parms['nick'],
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 						$parms['dfrn-notify'],
 						$parms['dfrn-poll'],
 						$parms['dfrn-poco'],
-						dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
+						DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
 						intval($aes_allow),
 						intval($hidden),
 						intval($blocked),
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 
 				$r = q("SELECT `id`, `network` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `url` = '%s' AND `site-pubkey` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 					intval(local_user()),
-					dbesc($dfrn_url),
+					DBA::escape($dfrn_url),
 					$parms['key'] // this was already escaped
 				);
 				if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 		// Block friend request spam
 		if ($maxreq) {
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `intro` WHERE `datetime` > '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc('now - 24 hours')),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc('now - 24 hours')),
 				intval($uid)
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($r) && count($r) > $maxreq) {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 		if ($network === NETWORK_DFRN) {
 			$ret = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `url` = '%s' AND `self` = 0 LIMIT 1",
 				intval($uid),
-				dbesc($url)
+				DBA::escape($url)
 			);
 
 			if (DBA::isResult($ret)) {
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 				// There is a contact record but no issued-id, so this
 				// is a reciprocal introduction from a known contact
 				$r = q("UPDATE `contact` SET `issued-id` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
-					dbesc($issued_id),
+					DBA::escape($issued_id),
 					intval($contact_record['id'])
 				);
 			} else {
@@ -376,9 +376,9 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 					`request`, `confirm`, `notify`, `poll`, `poco`, `network`, `blocked`, `pending` )
 					VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d )",
 					intval($uid),
-					dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+					DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
 					$parms['url'],
-					dbesc(normalise_link($url)),
+					DBA::escape(normalise_link($url)),
 					$parms['addr'],
 					$parms['fn'],
 					$parms['nick'],
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 					$parms['dfrn-notify'],
 					$parms['dfrn-poll'],
 					$parms['dfrn-poco'],
-					dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
 					intval($blocked),
 					intval($pending)
 				);
@@ -422,9 +422,9 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 					intval($uid),
 					intval($contact_record['id']),
 					((x($_POST,'knowyou') && ($_POST['knowyou'] == 1)) ? 1 : 0),
-					dbesc(notags(trim($_POST['dfrn-request-message']))),
-					dbesc($hash),
-					dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
+					DBA::escape(notags(trim($_POST['dfrn-request-message']))),
+					DBA::escape($hash),
+					DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
 				);
 			}
 
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ function dfrn_request_content(App $a)
 		// We could just unblock it, but first we have to jump through a few hoops to
 		// send an email, or even to find out if we need to send an email.
 		$intro = q("SELECT * FROM `intro` WHERE `hash` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($_GET['confirm_key'])
+			DBA::escape($_GET['confirm_key'])
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($intro)) {
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ function dfrn_request_content(App $a)
 				// in dfrn_confirm_post()
 
 				$r = q("UPDATE `intro` SET `blocked` = 0 WHERE `hash` = '%s'",
-					dbesc($_GET['confirm_key'])
+					DBA::escape($_GET['confirm_key'])
 				);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/mod/directory.php b/mod/directory.php
index f7e37591a..129c3388c 100644
--- a/mod/directory.php
+++ b/mod/directory.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function directory_content(App $a)
 	}
 
 	if ($search) {
-		$search = dbesc($search);
+		$search = DBA::escape($search);
 
 		$sql_extra = " AND ((`profile`.`name` LIKE '%$search%') OR
 				(`user`.`nickname` LIKE '%$search%') OR
diff --git a/mod/dirfind.php b/mod/dirfind.php
index 74e2cc9a9..40275523f 100644
--- a/mod/dirfind.php
+++ b/mod/dirfind.php
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ function dirfind_content(App $a, $prefix = "") {
 						((`last_contact` >= `last_failure`) OR (`updated` >= `last_failure`)) AND
 						(`url` LIKE '%s' OR `name` LIKE '%s' OR `location` LIKE '%s' OR
 						`addr` LIKE '%s' OR `about` LIKE '%s' OR `keywords` LIKE '%s') $extra_sql",
-					dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN), dbesc($ostatus), dbesc($diaspora),
-					dbesc(escape_tags($search2)), dbesc(escape_tags($search2)), dbesc(escape_tags($search2)),
-					dbesc(escape_tags($search2)), dbesc(escape_tags($search2)), dbesc(escape_tags($search2)));
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN), DBA::escape($ostatus), DBA::escape($diaspora),
+					DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)), DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)), DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)),
+					DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)), DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)), DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)));
 
 			$results = q("SELECT `nurl`
 					FROM `gcontact`
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ function dirfind_content(App $a, $prefix = "") {
 						`addr` LIKE '%s' OR `about` LIKE '%s' OR `keywords` LIKE '%s') $extra_sql
 						GROUP BY `nurl`
 						ORDER BY `updated` DESC LIMIT %d, %d",
-					dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN), dbesc($ostatus), dbesc($diaspora),
-					dbesc(escape_tags($search2)), dbesc(escape_tags($search2)), dbesc(escape_tags($search2)),
-					dbesc(escape_tags($search2)), dbesc(escape_tags($search2)), dbesc(escape_tags($search2)),
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN), DBA::escape($ostatus), DBA::escape($diaspora),
+					DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)), DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)), DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)),
+					DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)), DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)), DBA::escape(escape_tags($search2)),
 					intval($startrec), intval($perpage));
 			$j = new stdClass();
 			$j->total = $count[0]["total"];
diff --git a/mod/fbrowser.php b/mod/fbrowser.php
index 631888d7e..14802b08f 100644
--- a/mod/fbrowser.php
+++ b/mod/fbrowser.php
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ function fbrowser_content(App $a)
 			if ($a->argc==2) {
 				$albums = q("SELECT distinct(`album`) AS `album` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s' ",
 					intval(local_user()),
-					dbesc('Contact Photos'),
-					dbesc(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
+					DBA::escape('Contact Photos'),
+					DBA::escape(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
 				);
 
 				function _map_folder1($el)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function fbrowser_content(App $a)
 			$album = "";
 			if ($a->argc==3) {
 				$album = hex2bin($a->argv[2]);
-				$sql_extra = sprintf("AND `album` = '%s' ", dbesc($album));
+				$sql_extra = sprintf("AND `album` = '%s' ", DBA::escape($album));
 				$sql_extra2 = "";
 				$path[]=[$a->argv[2], $album];
 			}
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ function fbrowser_content(App $a)
 					FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d $sql_extra AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s'
 					GROUP BY `resource-id` $sql_extra2",
 				intval(local_user()),
-				dbesc('Contact Photos'),
-				dbesc(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
+				DBA::escape('Contact Photos'),
+				DBA::escape(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
 			);
 
 			function _map_files1($rr)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function fbrowser_content(App $a)
 
 				// Take the largest picture that is smaller or equal 640 pixels
 				$p = q("SELECT `scale` FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `height` <= 640 AND `width` <= 640 ORDER BY `resource-id`, `scale` LIMIT 1",
-					dbesc($rr['resource-id']));
+					DBA::escape($rr['resource-id']));
 				if ($p) {
 					$scale = $p[0]["scale"];
 				} else {
diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index 76180fef5..df1977aba 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ function follow_content(App $a)
 	$r = q("SELECT `pending` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND ((`rel` != %d) OR (`network` = '%s')) AND
 		(`nurl` = '%s' OR `alias` = '%s' OR `alias` = '%s') AND
 		`network` != '%s' LIMIT 1",
-		intval(local_user()), dbesc(CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER), dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN), dbesc(normalise_link($url)),
-		dbesc(normalise_link($url)), dbesc($url), dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET));
+		intval(local_user()), DBA::escape(CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER), DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN), DBA::escape(normalise_link($url)),
+		DBA::escape(normalise_link($url)), DBA::escape($url), DBA::escape(NETWORK_STATUSNET));
 
 	if ($r) {
 		if ($r[0]['pending']) {
diff --git a/mod/friendica.php b/mod/friendica.php
index 8c3e44858..05a76b44d 100644
--- a/mod/friendica.php
+++ b/mod/friendica.php
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ function friendica_init(App $a)
 
 		$sql_extra = '';
 		if (x($a->config, 'admin_nickname')) {
-			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `nickname` = '%s' ", dbesc(Config::get('config', 'admin_nickname')));
+			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `nickname` = '%s' ", DBA::escape(Config::get('config', 'admin_nickname')));
 		}
 		if (!empty(Config::get('config', 'admin_email'))) {
 			$adminlist = explode(",", str_replace(" ", "", Config::get('config', 'admin_email')));
 
-			$r = q("SELECT `username`, `nickname` FROM `user` WHERE `email` = '%s' $sql_extra", dbesc($adminlist[0]));
+			$r = q("SELECT `username`, `nickname` FROM `user` WHERE `email` = '%s' $sql_extra", DBA::escape($adminlist[0]));
 			$admin = [
 				'name' => $r[0]['username'],
 				'profile'=> System::baseUrl() . '/profile/' . $r[0]['nickname'],
diff --git a/mod/fsuggest.php b/mod/fsuggest.php
index 5c469894c..8fc0f07de 100644
--- a/mod/fsuggest.php
+++ b/mod/fsuggest.php
@@ -48,21 +48,21 @@ function fsuggest_post(App $a)
 				VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s')",
 				intval(local_user()),
 				intval($contact_id),
-				dbesc($r[0]['name']),
-				dbesc($r[0]['url']),
-				dbesc($r[0]['request']),
-				dbesc($r[0]['photo']),
-				dbesc($hash),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
+				DBA::escape($r[0]['name']),
+				DBA::escape($r[0]['url']),
+				DBA::escape($r[0]['request']),
+				DBA::escape($r[0]['photo']),
+				DBA::escape($hash),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
 			);
 			$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `fsuggest` WHERE `note` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($hash),
+				DBA::escape($hash),
 				intval(local_user())
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$fsuggest_id = $r[0]['id'];
 				q("UPDATE `fsuggest` SET `note` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
-					dbesc($note),
+					DBA::escape($note),
 					intval($fsuggest_id),
 					intval(local_user())
 				);
diff --git a/mod/group.php b/mod/group.php
index f9a3d0b6d..71a84a80c 100644
--- a/mod/group.php
+++ b/mod/group.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function group_post(App $a) {
 		$groupname = notags(trim($_POST['groupname']));
 		if ((strlen($groupname))  && ($groupname != $group['name'])) {
 			$r = q("UPDATE `group` SET `name` = '%s' WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d",
-				dbesc($groupname),
+				DBA::escape($groupname),
 				intval(local_user()),
 				intval($group['id'])
 			);
diff --git a/mod/invite.php b/mod/invite.php
index d8d98bec2..7087e497e 100644
--- a/mod/invite.php
+++ b/mod/invite.php
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ function invite_post(App $a)
 			$nmessage = str_replace('$invite_code', $code, $message);
 
 			$r = q("INSERT INTO `register` (`hash`,`created`) VALUES ('%s', '%s') ",
-				dbesc($code),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
+				DBA::escape($code),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
 			);
 
 			if (! is_site_admin()) {
diff --git a/mod/lockview.php b/mod/lockview.php
index 3bccd3585..b1c3e3776 100644
--- a/mod/lockview.php
+++ b/mod/lockview.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function lockview_content(App $a) {
 		killme();
 
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `%s` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($type),
+		DBA::escape($type),
 		intval($item_id)
 	);
 	if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function lockview_content(App $a) {
 
 	if(count($allowed_groups)) {
 		$r = q("SELECT `name` FROM `group` WHERE `id` IN ( %s )",
-			dbesc(implode(', ', $allowed_groups))
+			DBA::escape(implode(', ', $allowed_groups))
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r))
 			foreach($r as $rr)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function lockview_content(App $a) {
 	}
 	if(count($allowed_users)) {
 		$r = q("SELECT `name` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` IN ( %s )",
-			dbesc(implode(', ',$allowed_users))
+			DBA::escape(implode(', ',$allowed_users))
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r))
 			foreach($r as $rr)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function lockview_content(App $a) {
 
 	if(count($deny_groups)) {
 		$r = q("SELECT `name` FROM `group` WHERE `id` IN ( %s )",
-			dbesc(implode(', ', $deny_groups))
+			DBA::escape(implode(', ', $deny_groups))
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r))
 			foreach($r as $rr)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function lockview_content(App $a) {
 	}
 	if(count($deny_users)) {
 		$r = q("SELECT `name` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` IN ( %s )",
-			dbesc(implode(', ',$deny_users))
+			DBA::escape(implode(', ',$deny_users))
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r))
 			foreach($r as $rr)
diff --git a/mod/manage.php b/mod/manage.php
index 2943a229c..457b0eede 100644
--- a/mod/manage.php
+++ b/mod/manage.php
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ function manage_post(App $a) {
 		// Check if the target user is one of our children
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `parent-uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($identity),
-			dbesc($orig_record['uid'])
+			DBA::escape($orig_record['uid'])
 		);
 
 		// Check if the target user is one of our siblings
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r) && ($orig_record['parent-uid'] != 0)) {
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `parent-uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 				intval($identity),
-				dbesc($orig_record['parent-uid'])
+				DBA::escape($orig_record['parent-uid'])
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function manage_content(App $a) {
 	//getting additinal information for each identity
 	foreach ($identities as $key=>$id) {
 		$thumb = q("SELECT `thumb` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = '%s' AND `self` = 1",
-			dbesc($id['uid'])
+			DBA::escape($id['uid'])
 		);
 
 		$identities[$key]['thumb'] = $thumb[0]['thumb'];
diff --git a/mod/match.php b/mod/match.php
index a79d45680..75e7403d7 100644
--- a/mod/match.php
+++ b/mod/match.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * @file mod/match.php
  */
+
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\Widget;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
-use Friendica\Model\Profile;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 
 require_once 'include/text.php';
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function match_content(App $a)
 				$match = q(
 					"SELECT `nurl` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = '%d' AND nurl='%s' LIMIT 1",
 					intval(local_user()),
-					dbesc($match_nurl)
+					DBA::escape($match_nurl)
 				);
 
 				if (!count($match)) {
diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
index fbb139169..ac93cc73e 100644
--- a/mod/message.php
+++ b/mod/message.php
@@ -217,14 +217,14 @@ function message_content(App $a)
 			if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$r = q("SELECT `name`, `url`, `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `nurl` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 					intval(local_user()),
-					dbesc(normalise_link(base64_decode($a->argv[2])))
+					DBA::escape(normalise_link(base64_decode($a->argv[2])))
 				);
 			}
 
 			if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$r = q("SELECT `name`, `url`, `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `addr` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 					intval(local_user()),
-					dbesc(base64_decode($a->argv[2]))
+					DBA::escape(base64_decode($a->argv[2]))
 				);
 			}
 
@@ -311,10 +311,10 @@ function message_content(App $a)
 			$contact_id = $r[0]['contact-id'];
 			$convid = $r[0]['convid'];
 
-			$sql_extra = sprintf(" and `mail`.`parent-uri` = '%s' ", dbesc($r[0]['parent-uri']));
+			$sql_extra = sprintf(" and `mail`.`parent-uri` = '%s' ", DBA::escape($r[0]['parent-uri']));
 			if ($convid)
 				$sql_extra = sprintf(" and ( `mail`.`parent-uri` = '%s' OR `mail`.`convid` = '%d' ) ",
-					dbesc($r[0]['parent-uri']),
+					DBA::escape($r[0]['parent-uri']),
 					intval($convid)
 				);
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ function message_content(App $a)
 		}
 
 		$r = q("UPDATE `mail` SET `seen` = 1 WHERE `parent-uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
-			dbesc($r[0]['parent-uri']),
+			DBA::escape($r[0]['parent-uri']),
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
 
diff --git a/mod/modexp.php b/mod/modexp.php
index 7c80b08c4..966c111d5 100644
--- a/mod/modexp.php
+++ b/mod/modexp.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function modexp_init(App $a) {
 
 	$nick = $a->argv[1];
 	$r = q("SELECT `spubkey` FROM `user` WHERE `nickname` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($nick)
+			DBA::escape($nick)
 	);
 
 	if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/mod/msearch.php b/mod/msearch.php
index 56e2266ac..d3477b0d5 100644
--- a/mod/msearch.php
+++ b/mod/msearch.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function msearch_post(App $a) {
 		killme();
 
 	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `profile` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid` WHERE `is-default` = 1 AND `user`.`hidewall` = 0 AND MATCH `pub_keywords` AGAINST ('%s') ",
-		dbesc($search)
+		DBA::escape($search)
 	);
 
 	if (DBA::isResult($r))
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function msearch_post(App $a) {
 	$results = [];
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `pub_keywords`, `username`, `nickname`, `user`.`uid` FROM `user` LEFT JOIN `profile` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid` WHERE `is-default` = 1 AND `user`.`hidewall` = 0 AND MATCH `pub_keywords` AGAINST ('%s') LIMIT %d , %d ",
-		dbesc($search),
+		DBA::escape($search),
 		intval($startrec),
 		intval($perpage)
 	);
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 95f240953..aec992756 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -604,8 +604,8 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 		$sql_post_table = " INNER JOIN `thread` ON `thread`.`iid` = `item`.`parent`";
 	}
 
-	$sql_nets = (($nets) ? sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`network` = '%s' ", dbesc($nets)) : '');
-	$sql_tag_nets = (($nets) ? sprintf(" AND `item`.`network` = '%s' ", dbesc($nets)) : '');
+	$sql_nets = (($nets) ? sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`network` = '%s' ", DBA::escape($nets)) : '');
+	$sql_tag_nets = (($nets) ? sprintf(" AND `item`.`network` = '%s' ", DBA::escape($nets)) : '');
 
 	if ($gid) {
 		$group = DBA::selectFirst('group', ['name'], ['id' => $gid, 'uid' => local_user()]);
@@ -680,11 +680,11 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 
 	if ($datequery) {
 		$sql_extra3 .= protect_sprintf(sprintf(" AND $sql_table.created <= '%s' ",
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
 	}
 	if ($datequery2) {
 		$sql_extra3 .= protect_sprintf(sprintf(" AND $sql_table.created >= '%s' ",
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery2, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery2, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
 	}
 
 	if ($conv) {
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 	$sql_order = "$sql_table.$ordering";
 
 	if (x($_GET, 'offset')) {
-		$sql_range = sprintf(" AND $sql_order <= '%s'", dbesc($_GET['offset']));
+		$sql_range = sprintf(" AND $sql_order <= '%s'", DBA::escape($_GET['offset']));
 	} else {
 		$sql_range = '';
 	}
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 		case 'received':
 			if ($last_received != '') {
 				$last_date = $last_received;
-				$sql_range .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`received` < '%s'", dbesc($last_received));
+				$sql_range .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`received` < '%s'", DBA::escape($last_received));
 				$a->set_pager_page(1);
 				$pager_sql = sprintf(" LIMIT %d, %d ", intval($a->pager['start']), intval($a->pager['itemspage']));
 			}
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 		case 'commented':
 			if ($last_commented != '') {
 				$last_date = $last_commented;
-				$sql_range .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`commented` < '%s'", dbesc($last_commented));
+				$sql_range .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`commented` < '%s'", DBA::escape($last_commented));
 				$a->set_pager_page(1);
 				$pager_sql = sprintf(" LIMIT %d, %d ", intval($a->pager['start']), intval($a->pager['itemspage']));
 			}
@@ -732,14 +732,14 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 		case 'created':
 			if ($last_created != '') {
 				$last_date = $last_created;
-				$sql_range .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`created` < '%s'", dbesc($last_created));
+				$sql_range .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`created` < '%s'", DBA::escape($last_created));
 				$a->set_pager_page(1);
 				$pager_sql = sprintf(" LIMIT %d, %d ", intval($a->pager['start']), intval($a->pager['itemspage']));
 			}
 			break;
 		case 'id':
 			if (($last_id > 0) && ($sql_table == '`thread`')) {
-				$sql_range .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`iid` < '%s'", dbesc($last_id));
+				$sql_range .= sprintf(" AND $sql_table.`iid` < '%s'", DBA::escape($last_id));
 				$a->set_pager_page(1);
 				$pager_sql = sprintf(" LIMIT %d, %d ", intval($a->pager['start']), intval($a->pager['itemspage']));
 			}
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ function networkThreadedView(App $a, $update, $parent)
 		$condition = ['unseen' => true, 'uid' => local_user()];
 		networkSetSeen($condition);
 	} elseif ($parents_str) {
-		$condition = ["`uid` = ? AND `unseen` AND `parent` IN (" . dbesc($parents_str) . ")", local_user()];
+		$condition = ["`uid` = ? AND `unseen` AND `parent` IN (" . DBA::escape($parents_str) . ")", local_user()];
 		networkSetSeen($condition);
 	}
 
diff --git a/mod/noscrape.php b/mod/noscrape.php
index 7af0d9933..b80444baa 100644
--- a/mod/noscrape.php
+++ b/mod/noscrape.php
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ function noscrape_init(App $a)
 		$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 AND `hidden` = 0 AND `archive` = 0
 				AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '')",
 			intval($a->profile['uid']),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			$json_info["contacts"] = intval($r[0]['total']);
diff --git a/mod/openid.php b/mod/openid.php
index 449db7395..41d45c1f6 100644
--- a/mod/openid.php
+++ b/mod/openid.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function openid_content(App $a) {
 				AND `blocked` = 0 AND `account_expired` = 0
 				AND `account_removed` = 0 AND `verified` = 1
 				LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($authid), dbesc(normalise_openid($authid))
+				DBA::escape($authid), DBA::escape(normalise_openid($authid))
 			);
 
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/mod/photo.php b/mod/photo.php
index 15a623e3c..6d456b349 100644
--- a/mod/photo.php
+++ b/mod/photo.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function photo_init(App $a)
 
 		// check if the photo exists and get the owner of the photo
 		$r = q("SELECT `uid` FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($photo),
+			DBA::escape($photo),
 			intval($resolution)
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function photo_init(App $a)
 
 			// Now we'll see if we can access the photo
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `scale` <= %d $sql_extra ORDER BY scale DESC LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($photo),
+				DBA::escape($photo),
 				intval($resolution)
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index bc6261029..fb66cef1d 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function photos_init(App $a) {
 	if ($a->argc > 1) {
 		$nick = $a->argv[1];
 		$user = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `nickname` = '%s' AND `blocked` = 0 LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($nick)
+			DBA::escape($nick)
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($user)) {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 		}
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `album` FROM `photo` WHERE `album` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
-			dbesc($album),
+			DBA::escape($album),
 			intval($page_owner_uid)
 		);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 		$newalbum = notags(trim($_POST['albumname']));
 		if ($newalbum != $album) {
 			q("UPDATE `photo` SET `album` = '%s' WHERE `album` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
-				dbesc($newalbum),
-				dbesc($album),
+				DBA::escape($newalbum),
+				DBA::escape($album),
 				intval($page_owner_uid)
 			);
 			// Update the photo albums cache
@@ -262,17 +262,17 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 				$r = q("SELECT distinct(`resource-id`) as `rid` FROM `photo` WHERE `contact-id` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `album` = '%s'",
 					intval($visitor),
 					intval($page_owner_uid),
-					dbesc($album)
+					DBA::escape($album)
 				);
 			} else {
 				$r = q("SELECT distinct(`resource-id`) as `rid` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` = '%s'",
 					intval(local_user()),
-					dbesc($album)
+					DBA::escape($album)
 				);
 			}
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				foreach ($r as $rr) {
-					$res[] = "'" . dbesc($rr['rid']) . "'" ;
+					$res[] = "'" . DBA::escape($rr['rid']) . "'" ;
 				}
 			} else {
 				goaway($_SESSION['photo_return']);
@@ -327,19 +327,19 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 			$r = q("SELECT `id`, `resource-id` FROM `photo` WHERE `contact-id` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 				intval($visitor),
 				intval($page_owner_uid),
-				dbesc($a->argv[2])
+				DBA::escape($a->argv[2])
 			);
 		} else {
 			$r = q("SELECT `id`, `resource-id` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 				intval(local_user()),
-				dbesc($a->argv[2])
+				DBA::escape($a->argv[2])
 			);
 		}
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			q("DELETE FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s'",
 				intval($page_owner_uid),
-				dbesc($r[0]['resource-id'])
+				DBA::escape($r[0]['resource-id'])
 			);
 
 			Item::deleteForUser(['resource-id' => $r[0]['resource-id'], 'uid' => $page_owner_uid], $page_owner_uid);
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 			logger('rotate');
 
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `scale` = 0 LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($resource_id),
+				DBA::escape($resource_id),
 				intval($page_owner_uid)
 			);
 
@@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 					$height = $image->getHeight();
 
 					$x = q("UPDATE `photo` SET `data` = '%s', `height` = %d, `width` = %d WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `scale` = 0",
-						dbesc($image->asString()),
+						DBA::escape($image->asString()),
 						intval($height),
 						intval($width),
-						dbesc($resource_id),
+						DBA::escape($resource_id),
 						intval($page_owner_uid)
 					);
 
@@ -402,10 +402,10 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 						$height = $image->getHeight();
 
 						$x = q("UPDATE `photo` SET `data` = '%s', `height` = %d, `width` = %d WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `scale` = 1",
-							dbesc($image->asString()),
+							DBA::escape($image->asString()),
 							intval($height),
 							intval($width),
-							dbesc($resource_id),
+							DBA::escape($resource_id),
 							intval($page_owner_uid)
 						);
 					}
@@ -416,10 +416,10 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 						$height = $image->getHeight();
 
 						$x = q("UPDATE `photo` SET `data` = '%s', `height` = %d, `width` = %d WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `scale` = 2",
-							dbesc($image->asString()),
+							DBA::escape($image->asString()),
 							intval($height),
 							intval($width),
-							dbesc($resource_id),
+							DBA::escape($resource_id),
 							intval($page_owner_uid)
 						);
 					}
@@ -428,19 +428,19 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 		}
 
 		$p = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `scale` DESC",
-			dbesc($resource_id),
+			DBA::escape($resource_id),
 			intval($page_owner_uid)
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($p)) {
 			$ext = $phototypes[$p[0]['type']];
 			$r = q("UPDATE `photo` SET `desc` = '%s', `album` = '%s', `allow_cid` = '%s', `allow_gid` = '%s', `deny_cid` = '%s', `deny_gid` = '%s' WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
-				dbesc($desc),
-				dbesc($albname),
-				dbesc($str_contact_allow),
-				dbesc($str_group_allow),
-				dbesc($str_contact_deny),
-				dbesc($str_group_deny),
-				dbesc($resource_id),
+				DBA::escape($desc),
+				DBA::escape($albname),
+				DBA::escape($str_contact_allow),
+				DBA::escape($str_group_allow),
+				DBA::escape($str_contact_deny),
+				DBA::escape($str_group_deny),
+				DBA::escape($resource_id),
 				intval($page_owner_uid)
 			);
 
@@ -554,15 +554,15 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 
 								//select someone from this user's contacts by name
 								$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `name` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-										dbesc($newname),
+										DBA::escape($newname),
 										intval($page_owner_uid)
 								);
 
 								if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 									//select someone by attag or nick and the name passed in
 									$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `attag` = '%s' OR `nick` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `attag` DESC LIMIT 1",
-											dbesc($name),
-											dbesc($name),
+											DBA::escape($name),
+											DBA::escape($name),
 											intval($page_owner_uid)
 									);
 								}
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 	 */
 
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `album` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `created` > UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL 3 HOUR ",
-		dbesc($album),
+		DBA::escape($album),
 		intval($page_owner_uid)
 	);
 
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 		$r = q("SELECT `resource-id`, max(`scale`) AS `scale` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` = '%s'
 			AND `scale` <= 4 $sql_extra GROUP BY `resource-id`",
 			intval($owner_uid),
-			dbesc($album)
+			DBA::escape($album)
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			$a->set_pager_total(count($r));
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 			FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` = '%s'
 			AND `scale` <= 4 $sql_extra GROUP BY `resource-id` ORDER BY `created` $order LIMIT %d , %d",
 			intval($owner_uid),
-			dbesc($album),
+			DBA::escape($album),
 			intval($a->pager['start']),
 			intval($a->pager['itemspage'])
 		);
@@ -1216,14 +1216,14 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 		$ph = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s'
 			$sql_extra ORDER BY `scale` ASC ",
 			intval($owner_uid),
-			dbesc($datum)
+			DBA::escape($datum)
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($ph)) {
 			$ph = q("SELECT `id` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s'
 				LIMIT 1",
 				intval($owner_uid),
-				dbesc($datum)
+				DBA::escape($datum)
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($ph)) {
 				notice(L10n::t('Permission denied. Access to this item may be restricted.'));
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 
 			$prvnxt = q("SELECT `resource-id` FROM `photo` WHERE `album` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `scale` = 0
 				$sql_extra ORDER BY `created` $order ",
-				dbesc($ph[0]['album']),
+				DBA::escape($ph[0]['album']),
 				intval($owner_uid)
 			);
 
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 
 		/// @todo Rewrite this query. To do so, $sql_extra must be changed
 		$linked_items = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' $sql_extra LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($datum)
+			DBA::escape($datum)
 		);
 
 		$map = null;
@@ -1615,8 +1615,8 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 	$r = q("SELECT `resource-id`, max(`scale`) AS `scale` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s'
 		$sql_extra GROUP BY `resource-id`",
 		intval($a->data['user']['uid']),
-		dbesc('Contact Photos'),
-		dbesc(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
+		DBA::escape('Contact Photos'),
+		DBA::escape(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
 	);
 
 	if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1630,8 +1630,8 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 		WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s'
 		$sql_extra GROUP BY `resource-id` ORDER BY `created` DESC LIMIT %d , %d",
 		intval($a->data['user']['uid']),
-		dbesc('Contact Photos'),
-		dbesc(L10n::t('Contact Photos')),
+		DBA::escape('Contact Photos'),
+		DBA::escape(L10n::t('Contact Photos')),
 		intval($a->pager['start']),
 		intval($a->pager['itemspage'])
 	);
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 11968eec7..4c4bc81ac 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function ping_init(App $a)
 			"SELECT `id`, `from-name`, `from-url`, `from-photo`, `created` FROM `mail`
 			WHERE `uid` = %d AND `seen` = 0 AND `from-url` != '%s' ",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc($myurl)
+			DBA::escape($myurl)
 		);
 		$mail_count = count($mails);
 
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ function ping_init(App $a)
 				WHERE `event`.`uid` = %d AND `start` < '%s' AND `finish` > '%s' and `ignore` = 0
 				ORDER BY `start` ASC ",
 				intval(local_user()),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc('now + 7 days')),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc('now + 7 days')),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($ev)) {
 				Cache::set($cachekey, $ev, CACHE_HOUR);
@@ -481,8 +481,8 @@ function ping_get_notifications($uid)
 
 				q(
 					"UPDATE `notify` SET `name_cache` = '%s', `msg_cache` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
-					dbesc($notification["name"]),
-					dbesc($notification["message"]),
+					DBA::escape($notification["name"]),
+					DBA::escape($notification["message"]),
 					intval($notification["id"])
 				);
 			}
diff --git a/mod/poco.php b/mod/poco.php
index a545862c5..a2f038d08 100644
--- a/mod/poco.php
+++ b/mod/poco.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function poco_init(App $a) {
 	if (! $system_mode && ! $global) {
 		$users = q("SELECT `user`.*,`profile`.`hide-friends` from user left join profile on `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid`
 			where `user`.`nickname` = '%s' and `profile`.`is-default` = 1 limit 1",
-			dbesc($user)
+			DBA::escape($user)
 		);
 		if (! DBA::isResult($users) || $users[0]['hidewall'] || $users[0]['hide-friends']) {
 			System::httpExit(404);
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ function poco_init(App $a) {
 	}
 	if ($global) {
 		$contacts = q("SELECT count(*) AS `total` FROM `gcontact` WHERE `updated` >= '%s' AND `updated` >= `last_failure` AND NOT `hide` AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s')",
-			dbesc($update_limit),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
+			DBA::escape($update_limit),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
 		);
 	} elseif ($system_mode) {
 		$contacts = q("SELECT count(*) AS `total` FROM `contact` WHERE `self` = 1
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ function poco_init(App $a) {
 			AND (`success_update` >= `failure_update` OR `last-item` >= `failure_update`)
 			AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s') $sql_extra",
 			intval($user['uid']),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
 		);
 	}
 	if (DBA::isResult($contacts)) {
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ function poco_init(App $a) {
 		logger("Start global query", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 		$contacts = q("SELECT * FROM `gcontact` WHERE `updated` > '%s' AND NOT `hide` AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s') AND `updated` > `last_failure`
 			ORDER BY `updated` DESC LIMIT %d, %d",
-			dbesc($update_limit),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+			DBA::escape($update_limit),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
 			intval($startIndex),
 			intval($itemsPerPage)
 		);
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ function poco_init(App $a) {
 			AND (`success_update` >= `failure_update` OR `last-item` >= `failure_update`)
 			AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s') $sql_extra LIMIT %d, %d",
 			intval($user['uid']),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_STATUSNET),
 			intval($startIndex),
 			intval($itemsPerPage)
 		);
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index 15f12be6d..c2167b3bd 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -257,19 +257,19 @@ function profile_content(App $a, $update = 0)
 
 		if (x($category)) {
 			$sql_post_table = sprintf("INNER JOIN (SELECT `oid` FROM `term` WHERE `term` = '%s' AND `otype` = %d AND `type` = %d AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `tid` DESC) AS `term` ON `item`.`id` = `term`.`oid` ",
-				dbesc(protect_sprintf($category)), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_CATEGORY), intval($a->profile['profile_uid']));
+				DBA::escape(protect_sprintf($category)), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_CATEGORY), intval($a->profile['profile_uid']));
 		}
 
 		if (x($hashtags)) {
 			$sql_post_table .= sprintf("INNER JOIN (SELECT `oid` FROM `term` WHERE `term` = '%s' AND `otype` = %d AND `type` = %d AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `tid` DESC) AS `term` ON `item`.`id` = `term`.`oid` ",
-				dbesc(protect_sprintf($hashtags)), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_HASHTAG), intval($a->profile['profile_uid']));
+				DBA::escape(protect_sprintf($hashtags)), intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval(TERM_HASHTAG), intval($a->profile['profile_uid']));
 		}
 
 		if ($datequery) {
-			$sql_extra2 .= protect_sprintf(sprintf(" AND `thread`.`created` <= '%s' ", dbesc(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
+			$sql_extra2 .= protect_sprintf(sprintf(" AND `thread`.`created` <= '%s' ", DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
 		}
 		if ($datequery2) {
-			$sql_extra2 .= protect_sprintf(sprintf(" AND `thread`.`created` >= '%s' ", dbesc(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery2, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
+			$sql_extra2 .= protect_sprintf(sprintf(" AND `thread`.`created` >= '%s' ", DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::convert($datequery2, 'UTC', date_default_timezone_get()))));
 		}
 
 		// Belongs the profile page to a forum?
diff --git a/mod/profile_photo.php b/mod/profile_photo.php
index 65c4b6dc7..567a7f3a2 100644
--- a/mod/profile_photo.php
+++ b/mod/profile_photo.php
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ function profile_photo_post(App $a)
 		$srcW = $_POST['xfinal'] - $srcX;
 		$srcH = $_POST['yfinal'] - $srcY;
 
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `scale` = %d LIMIT 1", dbesc($image_id),
-			dbesc(local_user()), intval($scale));
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `resource-id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `scale` = %d LIMIT 1", DBA::escape($image_id),
+			DBA::escape(local_user()), intval($scale));
 
 		$url = System::baseUrl() . '/profile/' . $a->user['nickname'];
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ function profile_photo_post(App $a)
 
 				if ($is_default_profile) {
 					$r = q("UPDATE `photo` SET `profile` = 0 WHERE `profile` = 1 AND `resource-id` != '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
-						dbesc($base_image['resource-id']), intval(local_user())
+						DBA::escape($base_image['resource-id']), intval(local_user())
 					);
 				} else {
 					$r = q("update profile set photo = '%s', thumb = '%s' where id = %d and uid = %d",
-						dbesc(System::baseUrl() . '/photo/' . $base_image['resource-id'] . '-4.' . $Image->getExt()),
-						dbesc(System::baseUrl() . '/photo/' . $base_image['resource-id'] . '-5.' . $Image->getExt()),
+						DBA::escape(System::baseUrl() . '/photo/' . $base_image['resource-id'] . '-4.' . $Image->getExt()),
+						DBA::escape(System::baseUrl() . '/photo/' . $base_image['resource-id'] . '-5.' . $Image->getExt()),
 						intval($_REQUEST['profile']), intval(local_user())
 					);
 				}
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ function profile_photo_content(App $a)
 		$resource_id = $a->argv[2];
 		//die(":".local_user());
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s' ORDER BY `scale` ASC", intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc($resource_id)
+			DBA::escape($resource_id)
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function profile_photo_content(App $a)
 			$r = q("UPDATE `photo` SET `profile`=0 WHERE `profile`=1 AND `uid`=%d", intval(local_user()));
 
 			$r = q("UPDATE `photo` SET `profile`=1 WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource-id` = '%s'", intval(local_user()),
-				dbesc($resource_id)
+				DBA::escape($resource_id)
 			);
 
 			Contact::updateSelfFromUserID(local_user(), true);
diff --git a/mod/profiles.php b/mod/profiles.php
index 674f52844..e65b51aff 100644
--- a/mod/profiles.php
+++ b/mod/profiles.php
@@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ function profiles_init(App $a) {
 		$r2 = q("INSERT INTO `profile` (`uid` , `profile-name` , `name`, `photo`, `thumb`)
 			VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc($name),
-			dbesc($r1[0]['name']),
-			dbesc($r1[0]['photo']),
-			dbesc($r1[0]['thumb'])
+			DBA::escape($name),
+			DBA::escape($r1[0]['name']),
+			DBA::escape($r1[0]['photo']),
+			DBA::escape($r1[0]['thumb'])
 		);
 
 		$r3 = q("SELECT `id` FROM `profile` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `profile-name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc($name)
+			DBA::escape($name)
 		);
 
 		info(L10n::t('New profile created.') . EOL);
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ function profiles_init(App $a) {
 		$r1[0]['is-default'] = 0;
 		$r1[0]['publish'] = 0;
 		$r1[0]['net-publish'] = 0;
-		$r1[0]['profile-name'] = dbesc($name);
+		$r1[0]['profile-name'] = DBA::escape($name);
 
 		DBA::insert('profile', $r1[0]);
 
 		$r3 = q("SELECT `id` FROM `profile` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `profile-name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc($name)
+			DBA::escape($name)
 		);
 		info(L10n::t('New profile created.') . EOL);
 		if ((DBA::isResult($r3)) && (count($r3) == 1)) {
@@ -283,12 +283,12 @@ function profiles_post(App $a) {
 					$newname = $lookup;
 
 					$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `name` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-						dbesc($newname),
+						DBA::escape($newname),
 						intval(local_user())
 					);
 					if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
 						$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `nick` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-							dbesc($lookup),
+							DBA::escape($lookup),
 							intval(local_user())
 						);
 					}
@@ -440,39 +440,39 @@ function profiles_post(App $a) {
 			`education` = '%s',
 			`hide-friends` = %d
 			WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
-			dbesc($profile_name),
-			dbesc($name),
-			dbesc($pdesc),
-			dbesc($gender),
-			dbesc($dob),
-			dbesc($address),
-			dbesc($locality),
-			dbesc($region),
-			dbesc($postal_code),
-			dbesc($country_name),
-			dbesc($marital),
-			dbesc($with),
-			dbesc($howlong),
-			dbesc($sexual),
-			dbesc($xmpp),
-			dbesc($homepage),
-			dbesc($hometown),
-			dbesc($politic),
-			dbesc($religion),
-			dbesc($pub_keywords),
-			dbesc($prv_keywords),
-			dbesc($likes),
-			dbesc($dislikes),
-			dbesc($about),
-			dbesc($interest),
-			dbesc($contact),
-			dbesc($music),
-			dbesc($book),
-			dbesc($tv),
-			dbesc($film),
-			dbesc($romance),
-			dbesc($work),
-			dbesc($education),
+			DBA::escape($profile_name),
+			DBA::escape($name),
+			DBA::escape($pdesc),
+			DBA::escape($gender),
+			DBA::escape($dob),
+			DBA::escape($address),
+			DBA::escape($locality),
+			DBA::escape($region),
+			DBA::escape($postal_code),
+			DBA::escape($country_name),
+			DBA::escape($marital),
+			DBA::escape($with),
+			DBA::escape($howlong),
+			DBA::escape($sexual),
+			DBA::escape($xmpp),
+			DBA::escape($homepage),
+			DBA::escape($hometown),
+			DBA::escape($politic),
+			DBA::escape($religion),
+			DBA::escape($pub_keywords),
+			DBA::escape($prv_keywords),
+			DBA::escape($likes),
+			DBA::escape($dislikes),
+			DBA::escape($about),
+			DBA::escape($interest),
+			DBA::escape($contact),
+			DBA::escape($music),
+			DBA::escape($book),
+			DBA::escape($tv),
+			DBA::escape($film),
+			DBA::escape($romance),
+			DBA::escape($work),
+			DBA::escape($education),
 			intval($hide_friends),
 			intval($a->argv[1]),
 			intval(local_user())
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ function profiles_post(App $a) {
 		if ($is_default) {
 			if ($namechanged) {
 				$r = q("UPDATE `user` set `username` = '%s' where `uid` = %d",
-					dbesc($name),
+					DBA::escape($name),
 					intval(local_user())
 				);
 			}
diff --git a/mod/profperm.php b/mod/profperm.php
index 37047e6de..6ad922b59 100644
--- a/mod/profperm.php
+++ b/mod/profperm.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function profperm_content(App $a) {
 	if(($a->argc > 2) && intval($a->argv[1]) && intval($a->argv[2])) {
 		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 AND `self` = 0
 			AND `network` = '%s' AND `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
 			intval($a->argv[2]),
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function profperm_content(App $a) {
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `blocked` = 0 and `pending` = 0 and `self` = 0
 			AND `network` = '%s' ORDER BY `name` ASC",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN)
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/mod/register.php b/mod/register.php
index aa0f2f59b..44fdac5f0 100644
--- a/mod/register.php
+++ b/mod/register.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function register_post(App $a)
 
 	if (intval(Config::get('config', 'register_policy')) === REGISTER_OPEN) {
 		if ($using_invites && $invite_id) {
-			q("delete * from register where hash = '%s' limit 1", dbesc($invite_id));
+			q("delete * from register where hash = '%s' limit 1", DBA::escape($invite_id));
 			PConfig::set($user['uid'], 'system', 'invites_remaining', $num_invites);
 		}
 
@@ -117,22 +117,22 @@ function register_post(App $a)
 
 		$hash = random_string();
 		$r = q("INSERT INTO `register` ( `hash`, `created`, `uid`, `password`, `language`, `note` ) VALUES ( '%s', '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
-			dbesc($hash),
-			dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+			DBA::escape($hash),
+			DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
 			intval($user['uid']),
-			dbesc($result['password']),
-			dbesc(Config::get('system', 'language')),
-			dbesc($_POST['permonlybox'])
+			DBA::escape($result['password']),
+			DBA::escape(Config::get('system', 'language')),
+			DBA::escape($_POST['permonlybox'])
 		);
 
 		// invite system
 		if ($using_invites && $invite_id) {
-			q("DELETE * FROM `register` WHERE `hash` = '%s' LIMIT 1", dbesc($invite_id));
+			q("DELETE * FROM `register` WHERE `hash` = '%s' LIMIT 1", DBA::escape($invite_id));
 			PConfig::set($user['uid'], 'system', 'invites_remaining', $num_invites);
 		}
 
 		// send email to admins
-		$admin_mail_list = "'" . implode("','", array_map("dbesc", explode(",", str_replace(" ", "", Config::get('config', 'admin_email'))))) . "'";
+		$admin_mail_list = "'" . implode("','", array_map(['Friendica\Database\DBA', 'escape'], explode(",", str_replace(" ", "", Config::get('config', 'admin_email'))))) . "'";
 		$adminlist = q("SELECT uid, language, email FROM user WHERE email IN (%s)",
 			$admin_mail_list
 		);
diff --git a/mod/regmod.php b/mod/regmod.php
index 738005653..c1493528d 100644
--- a/mod/regmod.php
+++ b/mod/regmod.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function user_allow($hash)
 	$a = get_app();
 
 	$register = q("SELECT * FROM `register` WHERE `hash` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($hash)
+		DBA::escape($hash)
 	);
 
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function user_allow($hash)
 	}
 
 	$r = q("DELETE FROM `register` WHERE `hash` = '%s'",
-		dbesc($register[0]['hash'])
+		DBA::escape($register[0]['hash'])
 	);
 
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function user_allow($hash)
 function user_deny($hash)
 {
 	$register = q("SELECT * FROM `register` WHERE `hash` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($hash)
+		DBA::escape($hash)
 	);
 
 	if (!DBA::isResult($register)) {
diff --git a/mod/repair_ostatus.php b/mod/repair_ostatus.php
index b8f6fc523..1d2e202ec 100644
--- a/mod/repair_ostatus.php
+++ b/mod/repair_ostatus.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function repair_ostatus_content(App $a) {
         $r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `contact` WHERE
                 `uid` = %d AND `network` = '%s' AND `rel` IN (%d, %d)",
                 intval($uid),
-                dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+                DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
                 intval(CONTACT_IS_FRIEND),
                 intval(CONTACT_IS_SHARING));
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function repair_ostatus_content(App $a) {
 		ORDER BY `url`
 		LIMIT %d, 1",
                 intval($uid),
-                dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+                DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
                 intval(CONTACT_IS_FRIEND),
                 intval(CONTACT_IS_SHARING), $counter++);
 
diff --git a/mod/salmon.php b/mod/salmon.php
index 3cdd607ad..becdd7475 100644
--- a/mod/salmon.php
+++ b/mod/salmon.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function salmon_post(App $a, $xml = '') {
 	$mentions   = (($a->argc > 2 && $a->argv[2] === 'mention') ? true : false);
 
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `nickname` = '%s' AND `account_expired` = 0 AND `account_removed` = 0 LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($nick)
+		DBA::escape($nick)
 	);
 	if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
 		System::httpExit(500);
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ function salmon_post(App $a, $xml = '') {
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `network` IN ('%s', '%s')
 						AND (`nurl` = '%s' OR `alias` = '%s' OR `alias` = '%s')
 						AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
-		dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-		dbesc(normalise_link($author_link)),
-		dbesc($author_link),
-		dbesc(normalise_link($author_link)),
+		DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+		DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+		DBA::escape(normalise_link($author_link)),
+		DBA::escape($author_link),
+		DBA::escape(normalise_link($author_link)),
 		intval($importer['uid'])
 	);
 	if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ function salmon_post(App $a, $xml = '') {
 			if($result['success']) {
 				$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `network` = '%s' AND ( `url` = '%s' OR `alias` = '%s')
 					AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-					dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
-					dbesc($author_link),
-					dbesc($author_link),
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+					DBA::escape($author_link),
+					DBA::escape($author_link),
 					intval($importer['uid'])
 				);
 			}
diff --git a/mod/search.php b/mod/search.php
index 75e73742b..64336e348 100644
--- a/mod/search.php
+++ b/mod/search.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function search_init(App $a) {
 		if (x($_GET,'save') && $search) {
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `search` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `term` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 				intval(local_user()),
-				dbesc($search)
+				DBA::escape($search)
 			);
 			if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				DBA::insert('search', ['uid' => local_user(), 'term' => $search]);
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index 1e1f9031d..6c7d0fafe 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -175,23 +175,23 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 							icon='%s',
 							uid=%d
 						WHERE client_id='%s'",
-					dbesc($key),
-					dbesc($secret),
-					dbesc($name),
-					dbesc($redirect),
-					dbesc($icon),
+					DBA::escape($key),
+					DBA::escape($secret),
+					DBA::escape($name),
+					DBA::escape($redirect),
+					DBA::escape($icon),
 					local_user(),
-					dbesc($key)
+					DBA::escape($key)
 				);
 			} else {
 				q("INSERT INTO clients
 							(client_id, pw, name, redirect_uri, icon, uid)
 						VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s',%d)",
-					dbesc($key),
-					dbesc($secret),
-					dbesc($name),
-					dbesc($redirect),
-					dbesc($icon),
+					DBA::escape($key),
+					DBA::escape($secret),
+					DBA::escape($name),
+					DBA::escape($redirect),
+					DBA::escape($icon),
 					local_user()
 				);
 			}
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 				$r = q("UPDATE `mailacct` SET `server` = '%s', `port` = %d, `ssltype` = '%s', `user` = '%s',
 					`action` = %d, `movetofolder` = '%s',
 					`mailbox` = 'INBOX', `reply_to` = '%s', `pubmail` = %d WHERE `uid` = %d",
-					dbesc($mail_server),
+					DBA::escape($mail_server),
 					intval($mail_port),
-					dbesc($mail_ssl),
-					dbesc($mail_user),
+					DBA::escape($mail_ssl),
+					DBA::escape($mail_user),
 					intval($mail_action),
-					dbesc($mail_movetofolder),
-					dbesc($mail_replyto),
+					DBA::escape($mail_movetofolder),
+					DBA::escape($mail_replyto),
 					intval($mail_pubmail),
 					intval(local_user())
 				);
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 		Theme::install($theme);
 
 		$r = q("UPDATE `user` SET `theme` = '%s' WHERE `uid` = %d",
-				dbesc($theme),
+				DBA::escape($theme),
 				intval(local_user())
 		);
 
@@ -579,29 +579,29 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 				`def_gid` = %d, `blockwall` = %d, `hidewall` = %d, `blocktags` = %d,
 				`unkmail` = %d, `cntunkmail` = %d, `language` = '%s'
 			WHERE `uid` = %d",
-			dbesc($username),
-			dbesc($email),
-			dbesc($openid),
-			dbesc($timezone),
-			dbesc($str_contact_allow),
-			dbesc($str_group_allow),
-			dbesc($str_contact_deny),
-			dbesc($str_group_deny),
+			DBA::escape($username),
+			DBA::escape($email),
+			DBA::escape($openid),
+			DBA::escape($timezone),
+			DBA::escape($str_contact_allow),
+			DBA::escape($str_group_allow),
+			DBA::escape($str_contact_deny),
+			DBA::escape($str_group_deny),
 			intval($notify),
 			intval($page_flags),
 			intval($account_type),
-			dbesc($defloc),
+			DBA::escape($defloc),
 			intval($allow_location),
 			intval($maxreq),
 			intval($expire),
-			dbesc($openidserver),
+			DBA::escape($openidserver),
 			intval($def_gid),
 			intval($blockwall),
 			intval($hidewall),
 			intval($blocktags),
 			intval($unkmail),
 			intval($cntunkmail),
-			dbesc($language),
+			DBA::escape($language),
 			intval(local_user())
 	);
 	if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ function settings_post(App $a)
 		`hide-friends` = %d
 		WHERE `is-default` = 1 AND `uid` = %d",
 		intval($publish),
-		dbesc($username),
+		DBA::escape($username),
 		intval($net_publish),
 		intval($hide_friends),
 		intval(local_user())
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a)
 
 		if (($a->argc > 3) && ($a->argv[2] === 'edit')) {
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM clients WHERE client_id='%s' AND uid=%d",
-					dbesc($a->argv[3]),
+					DBA::escape($a->argv[3]),
 					local_user());
 
 			if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/mod/tagger.php b/mod/tagger.php
index 738d56e40..959394c07 100644
--- a/mod/tagger.php
+++ b/mod/tagger.php
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ EOT;
 
 	$t = q("SELECT count(tid) as tcount FROM term WHERE oid=%d AND term='%s'",
 		intval($item['id']),
-		dbesc($term)
+		DBA::escape($term)
 	);
 
 	if (!$blocktags && $t[0]['tcount'] == 0) {
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ EOT;
 		   intval($item['id']),
 		   $term_objtype,
 		   TERM_HASHTAG,
-		   dbesc($term),
-		   dbesc(System::baseUrl() . '/search?tag=' . $term),
+		   DBA::escape($term),
+		   DBA::escape(System::baseUrl() . '/search?tag=' . $term),
 		   intval($owner_uid)
 		);
 	}
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ EOT;
 		);
 		$t = q("SELECT COUNT(`tid`) AS `tcount` FROM `term` WHERE `oid`=%d AND `term`='%s'",
 			intval($original_item['id']),
-			dbesc($term)
+			DBA::escape($term)
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($x) && !$x[0]['blocktags'] && $t[0]['tcount'] == 0){
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ EOT;
 				intval($original_item['id']),
 				$term_objtype,
 				TERM_HASHTAG,
-				dbesc($term),
-				dbesc(System::baseUrl() . '/search?tag=' . $term),
+				DBA::escape($term),
+				DBA::escape(System::baseUrl() . '/search?tag=' . $term),
 				intval($owner_uid)
 			);
 		}
diff --git a/mod/videos.php b/mod/videos.php
index f9ff8586c..42f7f2b15 100644
--- a/mod/videos.php
+++ b/mod/videos.php
@@ -8,15 +8,12 @@ use Friendica\Content\Nav;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
-use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\Group;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
-use Friendica\Model\Term;
 use Friendica\Protocol\DFRN;
-use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 
 require_once 'include/items.php';
 require_once 'include/security.php';
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ function videos_init(App $a) {
 	if($a->argc > 1) {
 		$nick = $a->argv[1];
 		$user = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `nickname` = '%s' AND `blocked` = 0 LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($nick)
+			DBA::escape($nick)
 		);
 
 		if(! count($user))
@@ -155,16 +152,16 @@ function videos_post(App $a) {
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `id`  FROM `attach` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			intval(local_user()),
-			dbesc($video_id)
+			DBA::escape($video_id)
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			q("DELETE FROM `attach` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = '%s'",
 				intval(local_user()),
-				dbesc($video_id)
+				DBA::escape($video_id)
 			);
 			$i = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `attach` like '%%attach/%s%%' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($video_id),
+				DBA::escape($video_id),
 				intval(local_user())
 			);
 
diff --git a/mod/viewcontacts.php b/mod/viewcontacts.php
index ceebc84ae..3869f5a80 100644
--- a/mod/viewcontacts.php
+++ b/mod/viewcontacts.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function viewcontacts_init(App $a)
 	if ($a->argc > 1) {
 		$nick = $a->argv[1];
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `nickname` = '%s' AND `blocked` = 0 LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($nick)
+			DBA::escape($nick)
 		);
 
 		if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ function viewcontacts_content(App $a)
 			AND NOT `hidden` AND NOT `archive`
 			AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s')",
 		intval($a->profile['uid']),
-		dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-		dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-		dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
+		DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+		DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+		DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
 	);
 	if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 		$a->set_pager_total($r[0]['total']);
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ function viewcontacts_content(App $a)
 			AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s')
 		ORDER BY `name` ASC LIMIT %d, %d",
 		intval($a->profile['uid']),
-		dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-		dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-		dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+		DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+		DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+		DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
 		intval($a->pager['start']),
 		intval($a->pager['itemspage'])
 	);
diff --git a/mod/wall_attach.php b/mod/wall_attach.php
index 24e4b36e5..b13d1f6e0 100644
--- a/mod/wall_attach.php
+++ b/mod/wall_attach.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function wall_attach_post(App $a) {
 	if($a->argc > 1) {
 		$nick = $a->argv[1];
 		$r = q("SELECT `user`.*, `contact`.`id` FROM `user` LEFT JOIN `contact` on `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`  WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' AND `user`.`blocked` = 0 and `contact`.`self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($nick)
+			DBA::escape($nick)
 		);
 		if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			if ($r_json) {
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ function wall_attach_post(App $a) {
 
 	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `attach` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `created` = '%s' AND `hash` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 		intval($page_owner_uid),
-		dbesc($created),
-		dbesc($hash)
+		DBA::escape($created),
+		DBA::escape($hash)
 	);
 
 	if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/mod/wall_upload.php b/mod/wall_upload.php
index f4632f835..2fa899528 100644
--- a/mod/wall_upload.php
+++ b/mod/wall_upload.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function wall_upload_post(App $a, $desktopmode = true)
 				INNER JOIN `contact` on `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
 				WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' AND `user`.`blocked` = 0
 				AND `contact`.`self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($nick)
+				DBA::escape($nick)
 			);
 
 			if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function wall_upload_post(App $a, $desktopmode = true)
 				INNER JOIN `contact` on `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
 				WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' AND `user`.`blocked` = 0
 				AND `contact`.`self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($user_info['screen_name'])
+				DBA::escape($user_info['screen_name'])
 			);
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/mod/wallmessage.php b/mod/wallmessage.php
index 5ab01e307..5606b6fee 100644
--- a/mod/wallmessage.php
+++ b/mod/wallmessage.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function wallmessage_post(App $a) {
 	}
 
 	$r = q("select * from user where nickname = '%s' limit 1",
-		dbesc($recipient)
+		DBA::escape($recipient)
 	);
 
 	if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function wallmessage_content(App $a) {
 	}
 
 	$r = q("select * from user where nickname = '%s' limit 1",
-		dbesc($recipient)
+		DBA::escape($recipient)
 	);
 
 	if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/src/Core/ACL.php b/src/Core/ACL.php
index b822d1f31..415978bae 100644
--- a/src/Core/ACL.php
+++ b/src/Core/ACL.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class ACL extends BaseObject
 		if (!empty($x['networks'])) {
 			/// @TODO rewrite to foreach()
 			array_walk($x['networks'], function (&$value) {
-				$value = "'" . dbesc($value) . "'";
+				$value = "'" . DBA::escape($value) . "'";
 			});
 			$str_nets = implode(',', $x['networks']);
 			$sql_extra .= " AND `network` IN ( $str_nets ) ";
diff --git a/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php b/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php
index 36e0fd29e..da0e55a5f 100644
--- a/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php
+++ b/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class NotificationsManager extends BaseObject
 		$filter_str = [];
 		$filter_sql = "";
 		foreach ($filter as $column => $value) {
-			$filter_str[] = sprintf("`%s` = '%s'", $column, dbesc($value));
+			$filter_str[] = sprintf("`%s` = '%s'", $column, DBA::escape($value));
 		}
 		if (count($filter_str) > 0) {
 			$filter_sql = "AND " . implode(" AND ", $filter_str);
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ class NotificationsManager extends BaseObject
 		return q(
 			"UPDATE `notify` SET `seen` = %d WHERE (`link` = '%s' OR (`parent` != 0 AND `parent` = %d AND `otype` = '%s')) AND `uid` = %d",
 			intval($seen),
-			dbesc($note['link']),
+			DBA::escape($note['link']),
 			intval($note['parent']),
-			dbesc($note['otype']),
+			DBA::escape($note['otype']),
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/src/Core/UserImport.php b/src/Core/UserImport.php
index f0aee1340..efd4bd2f8 100644
--- a/src/Core/UserImport.php
+++ b/src/Core/UserImport.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class UserImport
 	 */
 	private static function checkCols($table, &$arr)
 	{
-		$query = sprintf("SHOW COLUMNS IN `%s`", dbesc($table));
+		$query = sprintf("SHOW COLUMNS IN `%s`", DBA::escape($table));
 		logger("uimport: $query", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 		$r = q($query);
 		$tcols = [];
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class UserImport
 		}
 
 		self::checkCols($table, $arr);
-		$cols = implode("`,`", array_map('dbesc', array_keys($arr)));
-		$vals = implode("','", array_map('dbesc', array_values($arr)));
+		$cols = implode("`,`", array_map(['Friendica\Database\DBA', 'escape'], array_keys($arr)));
+		$vals = implode("','", array_map(['Friendica\Database\DBA', 'escape'], array_values($arr)));
 		$query = "INSERT INTO `$table` (`$cols`) VALUES ('$vals')";
 		logger("uimport: $query", LOGGER_TRACE);
 
diff --git a/src/Database/DBA.php b/src/Database/DBA.php
index 8e5a621b3..902efda1f 100644
--- a/src/Database/DBA.php
+++ b/src/Database/DBA.php
@@ -251,11 +251,15 @@ class DBA
 	}
 
 	public static function escape($str) {
-		switch (self::$driver) {
-			case 'pdo':
-				return substr(@self::$connection->quote($str, PDO::PARAM_STR), 1, -1);
-			case 'mysqli':
-				return @self::$connection->real_escape_string($str);
+		if (self::$connected) {
+			switch (self::$driver) {
+				case 'pdo':
+					return substr(@self::$connection->quote($str, PDO::PARAM_STR), 1, -1);
+				case 'mysqli':
+					return @self::$connection->real_escape_string($str);
+			}
+		} else {
+			return str_replace("'", "\\'", $str);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1610,7 +1614,7 @@ class DBA
 			if (is_bool($value)) {
 				$value = ($value ? '1' : '0');
 			} else {
-				$value = dbesc($value);
+				$value = self::escape($value);
 			}
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1620,7 +1624,7 @@ class DBA
 		} elseif (is_float($value) || is_integer($value)) {
 			$value = (string) $value;
 		} else {
-			$value = "'" . dbesc($value) . "'";
+			$value = "'" . self::escape($value) . "'";
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Database/DBStructure.php b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
index 46404734f..d03268374 100644
--- a/src/Database/DBStructure.php
+++ b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class DBStructure
 	 */
 	public static function convertToInnoDB() {
 		$r = q("SELECT `TABLE_NAME` FROM `information_schema`.`tables` WHERE `engine` = 'MyISAM' AND `table_schema` = '%s'",
-			dbesc(DBA::databaseName()));
+			DBA::escape(DBA::databaseName()));
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			echo L10n::t('There are no tables on MyISAM.')."\n";
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class DBStructure
 		}
 
 		foreach ($r AS $table) {
-			$sql = sprintf("ALTER TABLE `%s` engine=InnoDB;", dbesc($table['TABLE_NAME']));
+			$sql = sprintf("ALTER TABLE `%s` engine=InnoDB;", DBA::escape($table['TABLE_NAME']));
 			echo $sql."\n";
 
 			$result = DBA::e($sql);
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class DBStructure
 		$a = get_app();
 
 		//send the administrators an e-mail
-		$admin_mail_list = "'".implode("','", array_map('dbesc', explode(",", str_replace(" ", "", Config::get('config', 'admin_email')))))."'";
+		$admin_mail_list = "'".implode("','", array_map(['Friendica\Database\DBA', 'escape'], explode(",", str_replace(" ", "", Config::get('config', 'admin_email')))))."'";
 		$adminlist = q("SELECT uid, language, email FROM user WHERE email IN (%s)",
 			$admin_mail_list
 		);
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class DBStructure
 
 				if (isset($database[$name]["table_status"]["Comment"])) {
 					if ($database[$name]["table_status"]["Comment"] != $structure['comment']) {
-						$sql2 = "COMMENT = '".dbesc($structure['comment'])."'";
+						$sql2 = "COMMENT = '".DBA::escape($structure['comment'])."'";
 
 						if ($sql3 == "") {
 							$sql3 = "ALTER" . $ignore . " TABLE `".$temp_name."` ".$sql2;
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class DBStructure
 
 				if (isset($database[$name]["table_status"]["Engine"]) && isset($structure['engine'])) {
 					if ($database[$name]["table_status"]["Engine"] != $structure['engine']) {
-						$sql2 = "ENGINE = '".dbesc($structure['engine'])."'";
+						$sql2 = "ENGINE = '".DBA::escape($structure['engine'])."'";
 
 						if ($sql3 == "") {
 							$sql3 = "ALTER" . $ignore . " TABLE `".$temp_name."` ".$sql2;
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ class DBStructure
 		}
 
 		if (isset($parameters["comment"])) {
-			$fieldstruct .= " COMMENT '".dbesc($parameters["comment"])."'";
+			$fieldstruct .= " COMMENT '".DBA::escape($parameters["comment"])."'";
 		}
 
 		/*if (($parameters["primary"] != "") && $create)
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class DBStructure
 		$sql_rows = [];
 		$primary_keys = [];
 		foreach ($structure["fields"] AS $fieldname => $field) {
-			$sql_rows[] = "`".dbesc($fieldname)."` ".self::FieldCommand($field);
+			$sql_rows[] = "`".DBA::escape($fieldname)."` ".self::FieldCommand($field);
 			if (x($field,'primary') && $field['primary']!='') {
 				$primary_keys[] = $fieldname;
 			}
@@ -595,12 +595,12 @@ class DBStructure
 		}
 
 		if (isset($structure["comment"])) {
-			$comment = " COMMENT='" . dbesc($structure["comment"]) . "'";
+			$comment = " COMMENT='" . DBA::escape($structure["comment"]) . "'";
 		}
 
 		$sql = implode(",\n\t", $sql_rows);
 
-		$sql = sprintf("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `%s` (\n\t", dbesc($name)).$sql.
+		$sql = sprintf("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `%s` (\n\t", DBA::escape($name)).$sql.
 				"\n)" . $engine . " DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci" . $comment;
 		if ($verbose) {
 			echo $sql.";\n";
@@ -614,17 +614,17 @@ class DBStructure
 	}
 
 	private static function addTableField($fieldname, $parameters) {
-		$sql = sprintf("ADD `%s` %s", dbesc($fieldname), self::FieldCommand($parameters));
+		$sql = sprintf("ADD `%s` %s", DBA::escape($fieldname), self::FieldCommand($parameters));
 		return($sql);
 	}
 
 	private static function modifyTableField($fieldname, $parameters) {
-		$sql = sprintf("MODIFY `%s` %s", dbesc($fieldname), self::FieldCommand($parameters, false));
+		$sql = sprintf("MODIFY `%s` %s", DBA::escape($fieldname), self::FieldCommand($parameters, false));
 		return($sql);
 	}
 
 	private static function dropIndex($indexname) {
-		$sql = sprintf("DROP INDEX `%s`", dbesc($indexname));
+		$sql = sprintf("DROP INDEX `%s`", DBA::escape($indexname));
 		return($sql);
 	}
 
@@ -646,9 +646,9 @@ class DBStructure
 			}
 
 			if (preg_match('|(.+)\((\d+)\)|', $fieldname, $matches)) {
-				$names .= "`".dbesc($matches[1])."`(".intval($matches[2]).")";
+				$names .= "`".DBA::escape($matches[1])."`(".intval($matches[2]).")";
 			} else {
-				$names .= "`".dbesc($fieldname)."`";
+				$names .= "`".DBA::escape($fieldname)."`";
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ class DBStructure
 		}
 
 
-		$sql = sprintf("%s INDEX `%s` (%s)", $method, dbesc($indexname), $names);
+		$sql = sprintf("%s INDEX `%s` (%s)", $method, DBA::escape($indexname), $names);
 		return($sql);
 	}
 
@@ -675,9 +675,9 @@ class DBStructure
 			}
 
 			if (preg_match('|(.+)\((\d+)\)|', $fieldname, $matches)) {
-				$names .= "`".dbesc($matches[1])."`";
+				$names .= "`".DBA::escape($matches[1])."`";
 			} else {
-				$names .= "`".dbesc($fieldname)."`";
+				$names .= "`".DBA::escape($fieldname)."`";
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Database/PostUpdate.php b/src/Database/PostUpdate.php
index 83043dc27..43bbcce02 100644
--- a/src/Database/PostUpdate.php
+++ b/src/Database/PostUpdate.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class PostUpdate
 
 		$r = q($query1.$query2.$query3."  ORDER BY `item`.`id` LIMIT 1",
 			intval($start_id), intval($end_id),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN), dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA), dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS));
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN), DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA), DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS));
 		if (!$r) {
 			Config::set("system", "post_update_version", 1194);
 			logger("Update is done", LOGGER_DEBUG);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class PostUpdate
 
 		$r = q($query1.$query2.$query3."  ORDER BY `item`.`id` LIMIT 1000,1",
 			intval($start_id), intval($end_id),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN), dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA), dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS));
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN), DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA), DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS));
 		if ($r) {
 			$pos_id = $r[0]["id"];
 		} else {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class PostUpdate
 
 		q("UPDATE `item` ".$query2." SET `item`.`global` = 1 ".$query3,
 			intval($start_id), intval($pos_id),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN), dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA), dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS));
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN), DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA), DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS));
 
 		logger("Done", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 	}
diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 8c915672c..b9164837a 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `id` AS `cid`, 0 AS `gid`, 0 AS `zid`, `uid`, `url`, `nurl`, `alias`, `network`, `name`, `nick`, `addr`, `location`, `about`, `xmpp`,
 			`keywords`, `gender`, `photo`, `thumb`, `micro`, `forum`, `prv`, (`forum` | `prv`) AS `community`, `contact-type`, `bd` AS `birthday`, `self`
 			FROM `contact` WHERE `addr` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
-			dbesc($addr),
+			DBA::escape($addr),
 			intval($uid)
 		);
 		// Fetch the data from the contact table with "uid=0" (which is filled automatically)
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 			$r = q("SELECT `id`, 0 AS `cid`, `id` AS `zid`, 0 AS `gid`, `uid`, `url`, `nurl`, `alias`, `network`, `name`, `nick`, `addr`, `location`, `about`, `xmpp`,
 				`keywords`, `gender`, `photo`, `thumb`, `micro`, `forum`, `prv`, (`forum` | `prv`) AS `community`, `contact-type`, `bd` AS `birthday`, 0 AS `self`
 				FROM `contact` WHERE `addr` = '%s' AND `uid` = 0",
-				dbesc($addr)
+				DBA::escape($addr)
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 			$r = q("SELECT 0 AS `id`, 0 AS `cid`, `id` AS `gid`, 0 AS `zid`, 0 AS `uid`, `url`, `nurl`, `alias`, `network`, `name`, `nick`, `addr`, `location`, `about`, '' AS `xmpp`,
 				`keywords`, `gender`, `photo`, `photo` AS `thumb`, `photo` AS `micro`, `community` AS `forum`, 0 AS `prv`, `community`, `contact-type`, `birthday`, 0 AS `self`
 				FROM `gcontact` WHERE `addr` = '%s'",
-				dbesc($addr)
+				DBA::escape($addr)
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 		// This speeds up the query a lot
 		$r = q("SELECT `network`, `id` AS `author-id`, `contact-type` FROM `contact`
 			WHERE `contact`.`nurl` = '%s' AND `contact`.`uid` = 0",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($contact_url))
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($contact_url))
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1297,16 +1297,16 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `poll` IN ('%s', '%s') AND `network` = '%s' AND NOT `pending` LIMIT 1",
 			intval($uid),
-			dbesc($ret['poll']),
-			dbesc(normalise_link($ret['poll'])),
-			dbesc($ret['network'])
+			DBA::escape($ret['poll']),
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($ret['poll'])),
+			DBA::escape($ret['network'])
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `nurl` = '%s' AND `network` = '%s' AND NOT `pending` LIMIT 1",
 				intval($uid),
-				dbesc(normalise_link($url)),
-				dbesc($ret['network'])
+				DBA::escape(normalise_link($url)),
+				DBA::escape($ret['network'])
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -1517,13 +1517,13 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 				`blocked`, `readonly`, `pending`, `writable`)
 				VALUES (%d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, 0, 0, 1, 1)",
 				intval($importer['uid']),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-				dbesc($url),
-				dbesc(normalise_link($url)),
-				dbesc($name),
-				dbesc($nick),
-				dbesc($photo),
-				dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape($url),
+				DBA::escape(normalise_link($url)),
+				DBA::escape($name),
+				DBA::escape($nick),
+				DBA::escape($photo),
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
 				intval(CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER)
 			);
 
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 			} elseif (DBA::isResult($user) && in_array($user['page-flags'], [PAGE_SOAPBOX, PAGE_FREELOVE, PAGE_COMMUNITY])) {
 				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `pending` = 0 WHERE `uid` = %d AND `url` = '%s' AND `pending` LIMIT 1",
 						intval($importer['uid']),
-						dbesc($url)
+						DBA::escape($url)
 				);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 
 				// Check for duplicates
 				$s = q("SELECT `id` FROM `event` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `cid` = %d AND `start` = '%s' AND `type` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-					intval($rr['uid']), intval($rr['id']), dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc($nextbd)), dbesc('birthday'));
+					intval($rr['uid']), intval($rr['id']), DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc($nextbd)), DBA::escape('birthday'));
 
 				if (DBA::isResult($s)) {
 					continue;
@@ -1636,15 +1636,15 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 
 				q("INSERT INTO `event` (`uid`,`cid`,`created`,`edited`,`start`,`finish`,`summary`,`desc`,`type`,`adjust`)
 				VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%d' ) ", intval($rr['uid']), intval($rr['id']),
-					dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()), dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()), dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc($nextbd)),
-					dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc($nextbd . ' + 1 day ')), dbesc($bdtext), dbesc($bdtext2), dbesc('birthday'),
+					DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()), DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()), DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc($nextbd)),
+					DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc($nextbd . ' + 1 day ')), DBA::escape($bdtext), DBA::escape($bdtext2), DBA::escape('birthday'),
 					intval(0)
 				);
 
 
 				// update bdyear
-				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `bdyear` = '%s', `bd` = '%s' WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d", dbesc(substr($nextbd, 0, 4)),
-					dbesc($nextbd), intval($rr['uid']), intval($rr['id'])
+				q("UPDATE `contact` SET `bdyear` = '%s', `bd` = '%s' WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d", DBA::escape(substr($nextbd, 0, 4)),
+					DBA::escape($nextbd), intval($rr['uid']), intval($rr['id'])
 				);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$str = dbesc(implode(',', $contact_ids));
+		$str = DBA::escape(implode(',', $contact_ids));
 
 		$stmt = DBA::p("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` IN ( " . $str . ") AND `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 AND `archive` = 0");
 
diff --git a/src/Model/Event.php b/src/Model/Event.php
index e92369ad8..2805a83f2 100644
--- a/src/Model/Event.php
+++ b/src/Model/Event.php
@@ -510,12 +510,12 @@ class Event extends BaseObject
 				$sql_extra ",
 				intval($owner_uid),
 				intval($event_params["ignore"]),
-				dbesc($event_params["start"]),
-				dbesc($event_params["start"]),
-				dbesc($event_params["finish"]),
-				dbesc($event_params["adjust_start"]),
-				dbesc($event_params["adjust_start"]),
-				dbesc($event_params["adjust_finish"])
+				DBA::escape($event_params["start"]),
+				DBA::escape($event_params["start"]),
+				DBA::escape($event_params["finish"]),
+				DBA::escape($event_params["adjust_start"]),
+				DBA::escape($event_params["adjust_start"]),
+				DBA::escape($event_params["adjust_finish"])
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/src/Model/GContact.php b/src/Model/GContact.php
index 5cf613388..9941eb1ed 100644
--- a/src/Model/GContact.php
+++ b/src/Model/GContact.php
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ class GContact
 				intval($uid),
 				intval($gcid),
 				intval($zcid),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
 			);
 		} else {
 			q(
 				"UPDATE `glink` SET `updated` = '%s' WHERE `cid` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `gcid` = %d AND `zcid` = %d",
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
 				intval($cid),
 				intval($uid),
 				intval($gcid),
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ class GContact
 		if (!isset($gcontact['network'])) {
 			$r = q(
 				"SELECT `network` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `nurl` = '%s' AND `network` != '' AND `network` != '%s' LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc(normalise_link($gcontact['url'])),
-				dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
+				DBA::escape(normalise_link($gcontact['url'])),
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$gcontact['network'] = $r[0]["network"];
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ class GContact
 			if (($gcontact['network'] == "") || ($gcontact['network'] == NETWORK_OSTATUS)) {
 				$r = q(
 					"SELECT `network`, `url` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `alias` IN ('%s', '%s') AND `network` != '' AND `network` != '%s' LIMIT 1",
-					dbesc($gcontact['url']),
-					dbesc(normalise_link($gcontact['url'])),
-					dbesc(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
+					DBA::escape($gcontact['url']),
+					DBA::escape(normalise_link($gcontact['url'])),
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_STATUSNET)
 				);
 				if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 					$gcontact['network'] = $r[0]["network"];
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class GContact
 
 		$x = q(
 			"SELECT * FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($gcontact['url']))
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($gcontact['url']))
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($x)) {
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class GContact
 			intval($uid),
 			intval($uid),
 			intval($uid),
-			dbesc(NULL_DATE),
+			DBA::escape(NULL_DATE),
 			$sql_network,
 			intval($start),
 			intval($limit)
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class GContact
 			intval($uid),
 			intval($uid),
 			intval($uid),
-			dbesc(NULL_DATE),
+			DBA::escape(NULL_DATE),
 			$sql_network,
 			intval($start),
 			intval($limit)
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ class GContact
 		// Query your contacts from Friendica and Redmatrix/Hubzilla for their contacts
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT DISTINCT(`poco`) AS `poco` FROM `contact` WHERE `network` IN ('%s', '%s')",
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA)
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ class GContact
 		DBA::lock('gcontact');
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id`, `last_contact`, `last_failure`, `network` FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($contact["url"]))
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($contact["url"]))
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -708,24 +708,24 @@ class GContact
 			q(
 				"INSERT INTO `gcontact` (`name`, `nick`, `addr` , `network`, `url`, `nurl`, `photo`, `created`, `updated`, `location`, `about`, `hide`, `generation`)
 				VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d)",
-				dbesc($contact["name"]),
-				dbesc($contact["nick"]),
-				dbesc($contact["addr"]),
-				dbesc($contact["network"]),
-				dbesc($contact["url"]),
-				dbesc(normalise_link($contact["url"])),
-				dbesc($contact["photo"]),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-				dbesc($contact["location"]),
-				dbesc($contact["about"]),
+				DBA::escape($contact["name"]),
+				DBA::escape($contact["nick"]),
+				DBA::escape($contact["addr"]),
+				DBA::escape($contact["network"]),
+				DBA::escape($contact["url"]),
+				DBA::escape(normalise_link($contact["url"])),
+				DBA::escape($contact["photo"]),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape($contact["location"]),
+				DBA::escape($contact["about"]),
 				intval($contact["hide"]),
 				intval($contact["generation"])
 			);
 
 			$r = q(
 				"SELECT `id`, `network` FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' ORDER BY `id` LIMIT 2",
-				dbesc(normalise_link($contact["url"]))
+				DBA::escape(normalise_link($contact["url"]))
 			);
 
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1048,8 +1048,8 @@ class GContact
 
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `nurl`, `url` FROM `gserver` WHERE `last_contact` >= `last_failure` AND `network` = '%s' AND `last_poco_query` < '%s' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 5",
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
-			dbesc($last_update)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+			DBA::escape($last_update)
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ class GContact
 
 		foreach ($r as $server) {
 			self::fetchGsUsers($server["url"]);
-			q("UPDATE `gserver` SET `last_poco_query` = '%s' WHERE `nurl` = '%s'", dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()), dbesc($server["nurl"]));
+			q("UPDATE `gserver` SET `last_poco_query` = '%s' WHERE `nurl` = '%s'", DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()), DBA::escape($server["nurl"]));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ class GContact
 					AND `last_contact` >= `last_failure`
 					AND `updated` > UTC_TIMESTAMP - INTERVAL 1 MONTH
 				ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN)
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/src/Model/Mail.php b/src/Model/Mail.php
index 8cf9fe32a..37ebd123a 100644
--- a/src/Model/Mail.php
+++ b/src/Model/Mail.php
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ class Mail
 			$reply = true;
 			$r = q("SELECT `convid` FROM `mail` WHERE `uid` = %d AND (`uri` = '%s' OR `parent-uri` = '%s') LIMIT 1",
 				intval(local_user()),
-				dbesc($replyto),
-				dbesc($replyto)
+				DBA::escape($replyto),
+				DBA::escape($replyto)
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$convid = $r[0]['convid'];
diff --git a/src/Model/Photo.php b/src/Model/Photo.php
index 5400cafb4..555df80e6 100644
--- a/src/Model/Photo.php
+++ b/src/Model/Photo.php
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ class Photo
 					WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s' $sql_extra
 					GROUP BY `album` ORDER BY `created` DESC",
 					intval($uid),
-					dbesc('Contact Photos'),
-					dbesc(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
+					DBA::escape('Contact Photos'),
+					DBA::escape(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
 				);
 			} else {
 				// This query doesn't do the count and is much faster
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ class Photo
 					FROM `photo` USE INDEX (`uid_album_scale_created`)
 					WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s' $sql_extra",
 					intval($uid),
-					dbesc('Contact Photos'),
-					dbesc(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
+					DBA::escape('Contact Photos'),
+					DBA::escape(L10n::t('Contact Photos'))
 				);
 			}
 			Cache::set($key, $albums, CACHE_DAY);
diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index c17be9894..1bd7a9702 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class Profile
 				$r = q(
 					"SELECT `url` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `nurl` = '%s' AND `rel` = %d",
 					intval($profile['uid']),
-					dbesc(normalise_link(self::getMyURL())),
+					DBA::escape(normalise_link(self::getMyURL())),
 					intval(CONTACT_IS_FRIEND)
 				);
 			}
@@ -463,9 +463,9 @@ class Profile
 						AND NOT `hidden` AND NOT `archive`
 						AND `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '')",
 					intval($profile['uid']),
-					dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-					dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-					dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
 				);
 				if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 					$contacts = intval($r[0]['total']);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index bc449af15..29d3e7bfe 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class DFRN
 			"SELECT `contact`.*, `user`.`nickname`, `user`.`timezone`, `user`.`page-flags`, `user`.`account-type`
 			FROM `contact` INNER JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `contact`.`uid`
 			WHERE `contact`.`self` AND `user`.`nickname` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($owner_nick)
+			DBA::escape($owner_nick)
 		);
 
 		if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -147,15 +147,15 @@ class DFRN
 			$sql_extra = '';
 			switch ($direction) {
 				case (-1):
-					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 					$my_id = $dfrn_id;
 					break;
 				case 0:
-					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `issued-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 					$my_id = '1:' . $dfrn_id;
 					break;
 				case 1:
-					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
+					$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", DBA::escape($dfrn_id));
 					$my_id = '0:' . $dfrn_id;
 					break;
 				default:
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ class DFRN
 			",
 				intval($contact['id']),
 				intval($contact['id']),
-				dbesc($gs),
-				dbesc($gs)
+				DBA::escape($gs),
+				DBA::escape($gs)
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class DFRN
 		if (isset($category)) {
 			$sql_post_table = sprintf(
 				"INNER JOIN (SELECT `oid` FROM `term` WHERE `term` = '%s' AND `otype` = %d AND `type` = %d AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `tid` DESC) AS `term` ON `item`.`id` = `term`.`oid` ",
-				dbesc(protect_sprintf($category)),
+				DBA::escape(protect_sprintf($category)),
 				intval(TERM_OBJ_POST),
 				intval(TERM_CATEGORY),
 				intval($owner_id)
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ class DFRN
 			$sql_extra
 			ORDER BY `item`.`parent` ".$sort.", `item`.`created` ASC LIMIT 0, 300",
 			intval($owner_id),
-			dbesc($check_date),
-			dbesc($sort)
+			DBA::escape($check_date),
+			DBA::escape($sort)
 		);
 
 		$ids = [];
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ class DFRN
 			$r = q(
 				"SELECT `forum`, `prv` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `nurl` = '%s'",
 				intval($owner["uid"]),
-				dbesc(normalise_link($mention))
+				DBA::escape(normalise_link($mention))
 			);
 
 			if (DBA::isResult($r) && ($r[0]["forum"] || $r[0]["prv"])) {
@@ -1498,8 +1498,8 @@ class DFRN
 			"SELECT `id` FROM `event` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `cid` = %d AND `start` = '%s' AND `type` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			intval($contact['uid']),
 			intval($contact['id']),
-			dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc($birthday)),
-			dbesc('birthday')
+			DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc($birthday)),
+			DBA::escape('birthday')
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1516,13 +1516,13 @@ class DFRN
 			VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s') ",
 			intval($contact['uid']),
 			intval($contact['id']),
-			dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-			dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-			dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc($birthday)),
-			dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc($birthday . ' + 1 day ')),
-			dbesc($bdtext),
-			dbesc($bdtext2),
-			dbesc('birthday')
+			DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+			DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+			DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc($birthday)),
+			DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc($birthday . ' + 1 day ')),
+			DBA::escape($bdtext),
+			DBA::escape($bdtext2),
+			DBA::escape('birthday')
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -1744,11 +1744,11 @@ class DFRN
 					`addr` = '%s', `keywords` = '%s', `bdyear` = '%s', `bd` = '%s', `hidden` = %d,
 					`xmpp` = '%s', `name-date`  = '%s', `uri-date` = '%s'
 					WHERE `id` = %d AND `network` = '%s'",
-					dbesc($contact["name"]), dbesc($contact["nick"]), dbesc($contact["about"]),	dbesc($contact["location"]),
-					dbesc($contact["addr"]), dbesc($contact["keywords"]), dbesc($contact["bdyear"]),
-					dbesc($contact["bd"]), intval($contact["hidden"]), dbesc($contact["xmpp"]),
-					dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc($contact["name-date"])), dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utc($contact["uri-date"])),
-					intval($contact["id"]),	dbesc($contact["network"])
+					DBA::escape($contact["name"]), DBA::escape($contact["nick"]), DBA::escape($contact["about"]),	DBA::escape($contact["location"]),
+					DBA::escape($contact["addr"]), DBA::escape($contact["keywords"]), DBA::escape($contact["bdyear"]),
+					DBA::escape($contact["bd"]), intval($contact["hidden"]), DBA::escape($contact["xmpp"]),
+					DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc($contact["name-date"])), DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utc($contact["uri-date"])),
+					intval($contact["id"]),	DBA::escape($contact["network"])
 				);
 			}
 
@@ -1914,8 +1914,8 @@ class DFRN
 
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `name` = '%s' AND `nurl` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($suggest["name"]),
-			dbesc(normalise_link($suggest["url"])),
+			DBA::escape($suggest["name"]),
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($suggest["url"])),
 			intval($suggest["uid"])
 		);
 
@@ -1935,9 +1935,9 @@ class DFRN
 		$fid = 0;
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id` FROM `fcontact` WHERE `url` = '%s' AND `name` = '%s' AND `request` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($suggest["url"]),
-			dbesc($suggest["name"]),
-			dbesc($suggest["request"])
+			DBA::escape($suggest["url"]),
+			DBA::escape($suggest["name"]),
+			DBA::escape($suggest["request"])
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			$fid = $r[0]["id"];
@@ -1963,17 +1963,17 @@ class DFRN
 		if (!$fid) {
 			$r = q(
 				"INSERT INTO `fcontact` (`name`,`url`,`photo`,`request`) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s')",
-				dbesc($suggest["name"]),
-				dbesc($suggest["url"]),
-				dbesc($suggest["photo"]),
-				dbesc($suggest["request"])
+				DBA::escape($suggest["name"]),
+				DBA::escape($suggest["url"]),
+				DBA::escape($suggest["photo"]),
+				DBA::escape($suggest["request"])
 			);
 		}
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id` FROM `fcontact` WHERE `url` = '%s' AND `name` = '%s' AND `request` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($suggest["url"]),
-			dbesc($suggest["name"]),
-			dbesc($suggest["request"])
+			DBA::escape($suggest["url"]),
+			DBA::escape($suggest["name"]),
+			DBA::escape($suggest["request"])
 		);
 
 		/*
@@ -1995,9 +1995,9 @@ class DFRN
 			intval($suggest["uid"]),
 			intval($fid),
 			intval($suggest["cid"]),
-			dbesc($suggest["body"]),
-			dbesc($hash),
-			dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+			DBA::escape($suggest["body"]),
+			DBA::escape($hash),
+			DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
 			intval(0)
 		);
 
@@ -2172,9 +2172,9 @@ class DFRN
 					AND `item`.`uid` = %d
 					$sql_extra
 					LIMIT 1",
-					dbesc($parent["parent-uri"]),
-					dbesc($parent["parent-uri"]),
-					dbesc($parent["parent-uri"]),
+					DBA::escape($parent["parent-uri"]),
+					DBA::escape($parent["parent-uri"]),
+					DBA::escape($parent["parent-uri"]),
 					intval($importer["importer_uid"])
 				);
 				if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -2645,7 +2645,7 @@ class DFRN
 
 					$r = q(
 						"SELECT `id` FROM `event` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-						dbesc($item["uri"]),
+						DBA::escape($item["uri"]),
 						intval($importer["importer_uid"])
 					);
 					if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -2952,10 +2952,10 @@ class DFRN
 			/// @todo Why is there a query for "url" *and* "nurl"? Especially this normalising is strange.
 			$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = (SELECT `uid` FROM `user` WHERE `nickname` = '%s' LIMIT 1)
 					AND `nick` = '%s' AND NOT `self` AND (`url` LIKE '%%%s%%' OR `nurl` LIKE '%%%s%%') AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `pending` LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($contact_nick),
-				dbesc($a->user['nickname']),
-				dbesc($baseurl),
-				dbesc($nurl)
+				DBA::escape($contact_nick),
+				DBA::escape($a->user['nickname']),
+				DBA::escape($baseurl),
+				DBA::escape($nurl)
 			);
 			if ((! DBA::isResult($r)) || $r[0]['id'] == remote_user()) {
 				return;
@@ -2963,10 +2963,10 @@ class DFRN
 
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM contact WHERE nick = '%s'
 					AND network = '%s' AND uid = %d  AND url LIKE '%%%s%%' LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($contact_nick),
-				dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
+				DBA::escape($contact_nick),
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
 				intval(local_user()),
-				dbesc($baseurl)
+				DBA::escape($baseurl)
 			);
 			if (! DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				return;
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index 09573bb58..c0b57dafa 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -1016,8 +1016,8 @@ class Diaspora
 
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `url` FROM `fcontact` WHERE `url` != '' AND `network` = '%s' AND `guid` = '%s'",
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-			dbesc($fcontact_guid)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			DBA::escape($fcontact_guid)
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ class Diaspora
 
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id` FROM `mail` WHERE `guid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($msg_guid),
+			DBA::escape($msg_guid),
 			intval($importer["uid"])
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1799,19 +1799,19 @@ class Diaspora
 			"INSERT INTO `mail` (`uid`, `guid`, `convid`, `from-name`,`from-photo`,`from-url`,`contact-id`,`title`,`body`,`seen`,`reply`,`uri`,`parent-uri`,`created`)
 			VALUES (%d, '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s','%s','%s')",
 			intval($importer["uid"]),
-			dbesc($msg_guid),
+			DBA::escape($msg_guid),
 			intval($conversation["id"]),
-			dbesc($person["name"]),
-			dbesc($person["photo"]),
-			dbesc($person["url"]),
+			DBA::escape($person["name"]),
+			DBA::escape($person["photo"]),
+			DBA::escape($person["url"]),
 			intval($contact["id"]),
-			dbesc($subject),
-			dbesc($body),
+			DBA::escape($subject),
+			DBA::escape($body),
 			0,
 			0,
-			dbesc($message_uri),
-			dbesc($author.":".$guid),
-			dbesc($msg_created_at)
+			DBA::escape($message_uri),
+			DBA::escape($author.":".$guid),
+			DBA::escape($msg_created_at)
 		);
 
 		DBA::unlock();
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ class Diaspora
 		$c = q(
 			"SELECT * FROM `conv` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `guid` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			intval($importer["uid"]),
-			dbesc($guid)
+			DBA::escape($guid)
 		);
 		if ($c)
 			$conversation = $c[0];
@@ -1879,18 +1879,18 @@ class Diaspora
 				"INSERT INTO `conv` (`uid`, `guid`, `creator`, `created`, `updated`, `subject`, `recips`)
 				VALUES (%d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s')",
 				intval($importer["uid"]),
-				dbesc($guid),
-				dbesc($author),
-				dbesc($created_at),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-				dbesc($subject),
-				dbesc($participants)
+				DBA::escape($guid),
+				DBA::escape($author),
+				DBA::escape($created_at),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape($subject),
+				DBA::escape($participants)
 			);
 			if ($r) {
 				$c = q(
 					"SELECT * FROM `conv` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `guid` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 					intval($importer["uid"]),
-					dbesc($guid)
+					DBA::escape($guid)
 				);
 			}
 
@@ -2049,7 +2049,7 @@ class Diaspora
 		$c = q(
 			"SELECT * FROM `conv` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `guid` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			intval($importer["uid"]),
-			dbesc($conversation_guid)
+			DBA::escape($conversation_guid)
 		);
 		if ($c) {
 			$conversation = $c[0];
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ class Diaspora
 
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id` FROM `mail` WHERE `guid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($guid),
+			DBA::escape($guid),
 			intval($importer["uid"])
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -2086,19 +2086,19 @@ class Diaspora
 			"INSERT INTO `mail` (`uid`, `guid`, `convid`, `from-name`,`from-photo`,`from-url`,`contact-id`,`title`,`body`,`seen`,`reply`,`uri`,`parent-uri`,`created`)
 				VALUES ( %d, '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s','%s','%s')",
 			intval($importer["uid"]),
-			dbesc($guid),
+			DBA::escape($guid),
 			intval($conversation["id"]),
-			dbesc($person["name"]),
-			dbesc($person["photo"]),
-			dbesc($person["url"]),
+			DBA::escape($person["name"]),
+			DBA::escape($person["photo"]),
+			DBA::escape($person["url"]),
 			intval($contact["id"]),
-			dbesc($conversation["subject"]),
-			dbesc($body),
+			DBA::escape($conversation["subject"]),
+			DBA::escape($body),
 			0,
 			1,
-			dbesc($message_uri),
-			dbesc($author.":".$conversation["guid"]),
-			dbesc($created_at)
+			DBA::escape($message_uri),
+			DBA::escape($author.":".$conversation["guid"]),
+			DBA::escape($created_at)
 		);
 
 		DBA::unlock();
@@ -2401,18 +2401,18 @@ class Diaspora
 			"INSERT INTO `contact` (`uid`, `network`,`addr`,`created`,`url`,`nurl`,`batch`,`name`,`nick`,`photo`,`pubkey`,`notify`,`poll`,`blocked`,`priority`)
 			VALUES (%d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s',%d,%d)",
 			intval($importer["uid"]),
-			dbesc($ret["network"]),
-			dbesc($ret["addr"]),
+			DBA::escape($ret["network"]),
+			DBA::escape($ret["addr"]),
 			DateTimeFormat::utcNow(),
-			dbesc($ret["url"]),
-			dbesc(normalise_link($ret["url"])),
-			dbesc($batch),
-			dbesc($ret["name"]),
-			dbesc($ret["nick"]),
-			dbesc($ret["photo"]),
-			dbesc($ret["pubkey"]),
-			dbesc($ret["notify"]),
-			dbesc($ret["poll"]),
+			DBA::escape($ret["url"]),
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($ret["url"])),
+			DBA::escape($batch),
+			DBA::escape($ret["name"]),
+			DBA::escape($ret["nick"]),
+			DBA::escape($ret["photo"]),
+			DBA::escape($ret["pubkey"]),
+			DBA::escape($ret["notify"]),
+			DBA::escape($ret["poll"]),
 			1,
 			2
 		);
@@ -2444,9 +2444,9 @@ class Diaspora
 				intval($contact_record["id"]),
 				0,
 				0,
-				dbesc(L10n::t("Sharing notification from Diaspora network")),
-				dbesc($hash),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
+				DBA::escape(L10n::t("Sharing notification from Diaspora network")),
+				DBA::escape($hash),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow())
 			);
 		} else {
 			// automatic friend approval
@@ -2477,8 +2477,8 @@ class Diaspora
 				WHERE `id` = %d
 				",
 				intval($new_relation),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()),
 				intval($contact_record["id"])
 			);
 
@@ -4129,7 +4129,7 @@ class Diaspora
 			$recips = q(
 				"SELECT `id`,`name`,`network`,`pubkey`,`notify` FROM `contact` WHERE `network` = '%s'
 				AND `uid` = %d AND `rel` != %d",
-				dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
 				intval($uid),
 				intval(CONTACT_IS_SHARING)
 			);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
index b597cdfbd..7c6f7f1ce 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ class OStatus
 	{
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `uid` IN (0, %d) ORDER BY `uid` DESC LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($url)),
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($url)),
 			intval($owner["uid"])
 		);
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ class OStatus
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			$r = q(
 				"SELECT * FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc(normalise_link($url))
+				DBA::escape(normalise_link($url))
 			);
 			if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				$contact = $r[0];
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ class OStatus
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `nurl` = '%s'",
 			intval($owner['uid']),
-			dbesc(normalise_link($contact["url"]))
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($contact["url"]))
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
index fe51edfe9..f1d878f5d 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class PortableContact
 
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id` FROM `gserver` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `last_contact` > `last_failure`",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($server_url))
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($server_url))
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class PortableContact
 	{
 		$gcontacts = q(
 			"SELECT * FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s'",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($profile))
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($profile))
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($gcontacts)) {
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class PortableContact
 		if (in_array($gcontacts[0]["network"], ["", NETWORK_FEED])) {
 			$server = q(
 				"SELECT `network` FROM `gserver` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `network` != ''",
-				dbesc(normalise_link($server_url))
+				DBA::escape(normalise_link($server_url))
 			);
 
 			if ($server) {
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class PortableContact
 		// noscrape is really fast so we don't cache the call.
 		if (($server_url != "") && ($gcontacts[0]["nick"] != "")) {
 			//  Use noscrape if possible
-			$server = q("SELECT `noscrape`, `network` FROM `gserver` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `noscrape` != ''", dbesc(normalise_link($server_url)));
+			$server = q("SELECT `noscrape`, `network` FROM `gserver` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `noscrape` != ''", DBA::escape(normalise_link($server_url)));
 
 			if ($server) {
 				$noscraperet = Network::curl($server[0]["noscrape"]."/".$gcontacts[0]["nick"]);
@@ -1477,9 +1477,9 @@ class PortableContact
 			WHERE `network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s') AND `last_contact` > `last_failure`
 			ORDER BY `last_contact`
 			LIMIT 1000",
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS)
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ class PortableContact
 		foreach ($serverlist as $server) {
 			$server_url = str_replace("/index.php", "", $server->url);
 
-			$r = q("SELECT `nurl` FROM `gserver` WHERE `nurl` = '%s'", dbesc(normalise_link($server_url)));
+			$r = q("SELECT `nurl` FROM `gserver` WHERE `nurl` = '%s'", DBA::escape(normalise_link($server_url)));
 			if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 				logger("Call server check for server ".$server_url, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 				Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, "DiscoverPoCo", "server", $server_url);
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ class PortableContact
 		}
 		$last_update = date("c", time() - (60 * 60 * 24 * $requery_days));
 
-		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `url`, `nurl`, `network` FROM `gserver` WHERE `last_contact` >= `last_failure` AND `poco` != '' AND `last_poco_query` < '%s' ORDER BY RAND()", dbesc($last_update));
+		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `url`, `nurl`, `network` FROM `gserver` WHERE `last_contact` >= `last_failure` AND `poco` != '' AND `last_poco_query` < '%s' ORDER BY RAND()", DBA::escape($last_update));
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			foreach ($r as $server) {
 				if (!self::checkServer($server["url"], $server["network"])) {
diff --git a/src/Worker/CheckVersion.php b/src/Worker/CheckVersion.php
index e37e37a06..6473f64c4 100644
--- a/src/Worker/CheckVersion.php
+++ b/src/Worker/CheckVersion.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class CheckVersion
 		logger("Checking VERSION from: ".$checked_url, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 		// fetch the VERSION file
-		$gitversion = dbesc(trim(Network::fetchUrl($checked_url)));
+		$gitversion = DBA::escape(trim(Network::fetchUrl($checked_url)));
 		logger("Upstream VERSION is: ".$gitversion, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 		Config::set('system', 'git_friendica_version', $gitversion);
diff --git a/src/Worker/Cron.php b/src/Worker/Cron.php
index 3c136331f..b28c42161 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Cron.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Cron.php
@@ -187,11 +187,11 @@ class Cron
 					AND `contact`.`network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s') $sql_extra
 					AND NOT `contact`.`self` AND NOT `contact`.`blocked`
 				WHERE NOT `user`.`account_expired` AND NOT `user`.`account_removed` $abandon_sql",
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_FEED),
-			dbesc(NETWORK_MAIL)
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_FEED),
+			DBA::escape(NETWORK_MAIL)
 		);
 
 		if (!DBA::isResult($contacts)) {
diff --git a/src/Worker/CronJobs.php b/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
index 926a1aff5..ca898f2b6 100644
--- a/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
+++ b/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use Friendica\BaseObject;
 use Friendica\Core\Cache;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
-use Friendica\Database\PostUpdate;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\GContact;
 use Friendica\Model\Photo;
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ class CronJobs
 
 				// So optimize it
 				logger("Optimize Table " . $table["Name"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
-				q("OPTIMIZE TABLE `%s`", dbesc($table["Name"]));
+				q("OPTIMIZE TABLE `%s`", DBA::escape($table["Name"]));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ class CronJobs
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `url` FROM `contact`
 			WHERE `network` = '%s' AND (`batch` = '' OR `notify` = '' OR `poll` = '' OR pubkey = '')
-				ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 50", dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA));
+				ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 50", DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA));
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ class CronJobs
 
 			logger("Repair contact " . $contact["id"] . " " . $contact["url"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 			q("UPDATE `contact` SET `batch` = '%s', `notify` = '%s', `poll` = '%s', pubkey = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
-				dbesc($data["batch"]), dbesc($data["notify"]), dbesc($data["poll"]), dbesc($data["pubkey"]),
+				DBA::escape($data["batch"]), DBA::escape($data["notify"]), DBA::escape($data["poll"]), DBA::escape($data["pubkey"]),
 				intval($contact["id"]));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/Worker/DiscoverPoCo.php b/src/Worker/DiscoverPoCo.php
index 6cdb72a58..4b3474728 100644
--- a/src/Worker/DiscoverPoCo.php
+++ b/src/Worker/DiscoverPoCo.php
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ class DiscoverPoCo
 				WHERE `last_contact` < UTC_TIMESTAMP - INTERVAL 1 MONTH AND
 					`last_failure` < UTC_TIMESTAMP - INTERVAL 1 MONTH AND
 					`network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '') ORDER BY rand()",
-				dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN), dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
-				dbesc(NETWORK_OSTATUS), dbesc(NETWORK_FEED));
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN), DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+				DBA::escape(NETWORK_OSTATUS), DBA::escape(NETWORK_FEED));
 
 		if (!$users) {
 			return;
diff --git a/src/Worker/GProbe.php b/src/Worker/GProbe.php
index 3471d9b99..dfe309cf6 100644
--- a/src/Worker/GProbe.php
+++ b/src/Worker/GProbe.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class GProbe {
 
 		$r = q(
 			"SELECT `id`, `url`, `network` FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' ORDER BY `id` LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc(normalise_link($url))
+			DBA::escape(normalise_link($url))
 		);
 
 		logger("gprobe start for ".normalise_link($url), LOGGER_DEBUG);
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class GProbe {
 
 			$r = q(
 				"SELECT `id`, `url`, `network` FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' ORDER BY `id` LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc(normalise_link($url))
+				DBA::escape(normalise_link($url))
 			);
 		}
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
diff --git a/src/Worker/Notifier.php b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
index 0cf6420f1..61b05a1b1 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Notifier.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class Notifier
 				// local followup to remote post
 				$followup = true;
 				$public_message = false; // not public
-				$conversant_str = dbesc($parent['contact-id']);
+				$conversant_str = DBA::escape($parent['contact-id']);
 				$recipients = [$parent['contact-id']];
 				$recipients_followup  = [$parent['contact-id']];
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class Notifier
 						// Currently it is work at progress
 						$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `network` = '%s' AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `pending` AND NOT `archive`",
 							intval($uid),
-							dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN)
+							DBA::escape(NETWORK_DFRN)
 						);
 						if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 							foreach ($r as $rr) {
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class Notifier
 				$deny = array_unique(array_merge($deny_people,$deny_groups));
 				$recipients = array_diff($recipients,$deny);
 
-				$conversant_str = dbesc(implode(', ',$conversants));
+				$conversant_str = DBA::escape(implode(', ',$conversants));
 			}
 
 			// If the thread parent is OStatus then do some magic to distribute the messages.
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class Notifier
 				&& intval($target_item['pubmail'])) {
 				$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `network` = '%s'",
 					intval($uid),
-					dbesc(NETWORK_MAIL)
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_MAIL)
 				);
 				if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
 					foreach ($r as $rr) {
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ class Notifier
 				$r1 = q("SELECT `batch`, ANY_VALUE(`id`) AS `id`, ANY_VALUE(`name`) AS `name`, ANY_VALUE(`network`) AS `network`
 					FROM `contact` WHERE `network` = '%s' AND `batch` != ''
 					AND `uid` = %d AND `rel` != %d AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `pending` AND NOT `archive` GROUP BY `batch`",
-					dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+					DBA::escape(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
 					intval($owner['uid']),
 					intval(CONTACT_IS_SHARING)
 				);
diff --git a/src/Worker/UpdateGContact.php b/src/Worker/UpdateGContact.php
index 7298cf370..55c91a127 100644
--- a/src/Worker/UpdateGContact.php
+++ b/src/Worker/UpdateGContact.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class UpdateGContact
 			}
 
 			q("UPDATE `gcontact` SET `last_failure` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
-				dbesc(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()), intval($contact_id));
+				DBA::escape(DateTimeFormat::utcNow()), intval($contact_id));
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -63,26 +63,26 @@ class UpdateGContact
 
 		q("UPDATE `gcontact` SET `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s', `addr` = '%s', `photo` = '%s'
 					WHERE `id` = %d",
-					dbesc($data["name"]),
-					dbesc($data["nick"]),
-					dbesc($data["addr"]),
-					dbesc($data["photo"]),
+					DBA::escape($data["name"]),
+					DBA::escape($data["nick"]),
+					DBA::escape($data["addr"]),
+					DBA::escape($data["photo"]),
 			intval($contact_id)
 		);
 
 		q("UPDATE `contact` SET `name` = '%s', `nick` = '%s', `addr` = '%s', `photo` = '%s'
 					WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `addr` = '' AND `nurl` = '%s'",
-					dbesc($data["name"]),
-					dbesc($data["nick"]),
-					dbesc($data["addr"]),
-					dbesc($data["photo"]),
-					dbesc(normalise_link($data["url"]))
+					DBA::escape($data["name"]),
+					DBA::escape($data["nick"]),
+					DBA::escape($data["addr"]),
+					DBA::escape($data["photo"]),
+					DBA::escape(normalise_link($data["url"]))
 		);
 
 		q("UPDATE `contact` SET `addr` = '%s'
 					WHERE `uid` != 0 AND `addr` = '' AND `nurl` = '%s'",
-					dbesc($data["addr"]),
-					dbesc(normalise_link($data["url"]))
+					DBA::escape($data["addr"]),
+					DBA::escape(normalise_link($data["url"]))
 		);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index bb963d939..7bd02f966 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ function update_1178() {
 		$profile["pub_keywords"] = profile_clean_keywords($profile["pub_keywords"]);
 
 		$r = q("UPDATE `contact` SET `about` = '%s', `location` = '%s', `keywords` = '%s', `gender` = '%s' WHERE `self` AND `uid` = %d",
-				dbesc($profile["about"]),
-				dbesc($profile["locality"]),
-				dbesc($profile["pub_keywords"]),
-				dbesc($profile["gender"]),
+				DBA::escape($profile["about"]),
+				DBA::escape($profile["locality"]),
+				DBA::escape($profile["pub_keywords"]),
+				DBA::escape($profile["gender"]),
 				intval($profile["uid"])
 			);
 	}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function update_1191() {
 
 	// select old formlist addon entries
 	$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `cat`, `k`, `v` FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = '%s' ",
-		dbesc('forumlist')
+		DBA::escape('forumlist')
 	);
 
 	// convert old forumlist addon entries in new config entries
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function update_1191() {
 
 function update_1203() {
 	$r = q("UPDATE `user` SET `account-type` = %d WHERE `page-flags` IN (%d, %d)",
-		dbesc(ACCOUNT_TYPE_COMMUNITY), dbesc(PAGE_COMMUNITY), dbesc(PAGE_PRVGROUP));
+		DBA::escape(ACCOUNT_TYPE_COMMUNITY), DBA::escape(PAGE_COMMUNITY), DBA::escape(PAGE_PRVGROUP));
 }
 
 function update_1244() {
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/theme.php b/view/theme/frio/theme.php
index d9a7bbb31..d2737a65a 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/theme.php
+++ b/view/theme/frio/theme.php
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function frio_remote_nav($a, &$nav)
 	} elseif (Profile::getMyURL()) {
 		$r = q("SELECT `name`, `nick`, `photo` FROM `gcontact`
 				WHERE `addr` = '%s' AND `network` = 'dfrn'",
-			dbesc($webbie));
+			DBA::escape($webbie));
 		$nav['remote'] = L10n::t('Visitor');
 	} else {
 		$r = false;
@@ -299,12 +299,12 @@ function frio_acl_lookup(App $a, &$results)
 
 	$sql_extra = '';
 	if ($results['search']) {
-		$search_txt = dbesc(protect_sprintf(preg_quote($results['search'])));
-		$sql_extra .= " AND (`attag` LIKE '%%" . dbesc($search_txt) . "%%' OR `name` LIKE '%%" . dbesc($search_txt) . "%%' OR `nick` LIKE '%%" . dbesc($search_txt) . "%%') ";
+		$search_txt = DBA::escape(protect_sprintf(preg_quote($results['search'])));
+		$sql_extra .= " AND (`attag` LIKE '%%" . $search_txt . "%%' OR `name` LIKE '%%" . $search_txt . "%%' OR `nick` LIKE '%%" . $search_txt . "%%') ";
 	}
 
 	if ($nets) {
-		$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND network = '%s' ", dbesc($nets));
+		$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND network = '%s' ", DBA::escape($nets));
 	}
 
 	$total = 0;
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/theme.php b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
index df69e720e..43b786e6e 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/theme.php
+++ b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\ForumManager;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
-use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
+use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\PConfig;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\GContact;
-use Friendica\Model\Profile;
 
 require_once "mod/proxy.php";
 
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ function vier_community_info()
 					$query .= ",";
 				}
 
-				$query .= "'".dbesc(normalise_link(trim($helper)))."'";
+				$query .= "'".DBA::escape(normalise_link(trim($helper)))."'";
 			}
 
 			$r = q("SELECT `url`, `name` FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` IN (%s)", $query);