get_setting_name(); $section = $this->get_section_name(); // JSON Selector is formatted as `{"setting_name": "value"}` $json_selector = sprintf( '{"%s": "%s"}', $setting_name, $slug ); $query = "SELECT form_id FROM {$wpdb->prefix}gf_form_meta AS meta LEFT JOIN {$wpdb->prefix}gf_form AS form ON form.id = meta.form_id WHERE is_trash = 0 AND is_active = 1 AND JSON_CONTAINS(display_meta, %s, %s)"; // To define a "section" to query against, we pass it as `$.section` as the third argument to JSON_CONTAINS. $prepared_query = $wpdb->prepare( $query, $json_selector, sprintf( '$.%s', $section ) ); return $wpdb->get_var( $prepared_query ); } }