protected function prepare_query() {

		global $wpdb;

		$vars = array();

		if ( $this->get( 'search' ) ) {
			$search = '%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $this->get( 'search' ) ) . '%';
			$vars[] = $search;
			$vars[] = $search;
			$vars[] = $search;
		}

		$vars[] = $this->get_skip();
		$vars[] = $this->get( 'per_page' );

		// phpcs:disable WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared
		// phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.ReplacementsWrongNumber -- $vars is an array with the correct number of items.
		$sql = $wpdb->prepare(
			"SELECT {$this->sql_select()}
			FROM {$wpdb->users} AS u
			{$this->sql_joins()}
			{$this->sql_search()}
			{$this->sql_having()}
			{$this->sql_orderby()}
			LIMIT %d, %d;",
			$vars
		);
		// phpcs:enable WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

		return $sql;

	}