global $wpdb;

		$search_vars = array();

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

		$base_query = "SELECT {$this->sql_select()}
			FROM {$wpdb->users} AS u
			{$this->sql_joins()}
			{$this->sql_search()}
			{$this->sql_having()}";

		if ( $this->get( 'count_only' ) ) {
			$sql_query = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM ({$base_query}) as t;";

			if ( empty( $search_vars ) ) {
				return $sql_query;
			}

			// phpcs:disable WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared
			return $wpdb->prepare( $sql_query, $search_vars );
			// phpcs:enable WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared
		}

		if ( ! $this->get( 'no_found_rows' ) ) {
			$count_sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ({$base_query}) as t";
			if ( ! empty( $search_vars ) ) {
				// phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared, WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.ReplacementsWrongNumber