/**
  * Takes the default query parameters, and traverses them, adding the model relation chain
  * onto them (intelligently doesn't do that to logic query params like NOT, OR, and AND)
  * @param array $where_conditions
  * @param string $model_relation_chain
  * @return array
  * @throws \EE_Error
  */
 public function prepare_where_conditions_for_querying($where_conditions, $model_relation_chain)
 {
     $where_conditions_with_model_relation_chain_prefixes = array();
     if (!is_array($where_conditions)) {
         $where_conditions = array();
     }
     foreach ($where_conditions as $key => $value) {
         if (in_array($key, array('OR', 'AND', 'NOT')) || strpos($key, 'OR*') !== false || strpos($key, 'AND*') !== false || strpos($key, 'NOT*') !== false) {
             $where_conditions_with_model_relation_chain_prefixes[$key] = $this->prepare_where_conditions_for_querying($value, $model_relation_chain);
         } else {
             if ($model_relation_chain != '' && $model_relation_chain[strlen($model_relation_chain) - 1] != '.') {
                 $model_relation_chain = $model_relation_chain . ".";
             }
             //check for the current user id place holder, and if present change it
             if ($value === self::current_user_placeholder) {
                 $value = get_current_user_id();
             }
             //check for user field placeholder
             if ($key == self::user_field_name_placeholder) {
                 if (!$this->_model->wp_user_field_name()) {
                     throw new EE_Error(sprintf(__('There is no foreign key to the WP_User model on model %s. Please either modify your default where conditions, add a _model_chain_to_wp_user onto the model, or a proper EE_WP_User_Field onto the model', 'event_espresso'), $this->_model->get_this_model_name()));
                 }
                 $key = $this->_model->wp_user_field_name();
             }
             $where_conditions_with_model_relation_chain_prefixes[$model_relation_chain . $key] = $value;
         }
     }
     return $where_conditions_with_model_relation_chain_prefixes;
 }