WordPress get_post_with_title_like

/**
 * Get post with title %like% search term
 *
 * @param       $title          Post title to search for
 * @param       $method         wpdb method to use to retrieve results
 * @param       $columns        Array of column rows to retrieve
 *
 * @since       0.3
 * @return      Mixed           Array || False
 */
function get_post_with_title_like( $title = null, $method = 'get_col', $columns = array ( 'ID' ) )
{

    // sanity check ##
    if ( ! $title ) { return false; }

    // global $wpdb ##
    global $wpdb;

    // First escape the $columns, since we don't use it with $wpdb->prepare() ##
    $columns = esc_sql( $columns );

    // now implode the values, if it's an array ##
    if( is_array( $columns ) ){
        $columns = implode( ', ', $columns ); // e.g. "ID, post_title" ##
    }

    // run query ##
    $results = $wpdb->$method (
            $wpdb->prepare (
            "
                SELECT $columns
                FROM $wpdb->posts
                WHERE {$wpdb->posts}.post_title LIKE %s
            "
            ,   esc_sql( '%'.like_escape( trim( $title ) ).'%' )
            )
        );

    var_dump( $results );

    // return results or false ##
    return $results ? $results : false ;

}