format_to_edit() │ WP 0.71

Acts on text which is about to be edited.

The $content is run through esc_textarea(), which uses htmlspecialchars() to convert special characters to HTML entities. If $richedit is set to true, it is simply a holder for the format_to_edit filter.

Returns

String. The text after the filter (and possibly htmlspecialchars()) has been run.

Usage

format_to_edit( $content, $rich_text );

$content(string) (required)

The text about to be edited.

$rich_text(true|false)

Whether $content should be considered rich text, in which case it would not be passed through esc_textarea().
Default: false

Changelog

format_to_edit() format to edit code ^{WP 6.9}

function format_to_edit( $content, $rich_text = false ) {
	/**
	 * Filters the text to be formatted for editing.
	 *
	 * @since 1.2.0
	 *
	 * @param string $content The text, prior to formatting for editing.
	 */
	$content = apply_filters( 'format_to_edit', $content );
	if ( ! $rich_text ) {
		$content = esc_textarea( $content );
	}
	return $content;
}