Title: sprintf format character error
Last modified: June 24, 2021

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# sprintf format character error

 *  Resolved [wp_kc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_kc/)
 * (@wp_kc)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sprintf-format-character-error/)
 * I found a few of these errors in a debug file on one of my web sites that has
   ninjascanner installed…
 * `PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: Unknown format specifier "v" in /wp-content/
   plugins/ninjascanner/lib/scan.php:22`
 * I assume you meant for these ‘%’ characters in your sprintf format strings to
   be ‘%s’…
 *     ```
       $lock_status = nscan_get_lock_status(); 
       if ( empty( $lock_status['current_step'] ) ) { 
       	nscan_log_error( sprintf( 
       		__('Missing % value. Exiting scanning process', 'ninjascanner'), 
       		"'current_step'" 
       	) ); 
       	touch( NSCAN_CANCEL ); 
       } 
       if ( $lock_status['status'] != 'success' ) { 
       	nscan_log_error( sprintf( 
       		__('Missing % value. Exiting scanning process', 'ninjascanner'), 
       		"'status'" 
       	) ); 
       	exit; 
       } 
       ```
   

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 *  Plugin Author [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/)
 * (@nintechnet)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sprintf-format-character-error/#post-14594682)
 * Thanks for reporting the issue.
    Indeed, both `%` should be `%s`. I’ll fix it
   in the next release.

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sprintf-format-character-error/#post-14594682)
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