wp_specialchars() │ WP 1.0

Legacy escaping for HTML blocks.

No Hooks.

Returns

String. Escaped $text.

Usage

wp_specialchars( $text, $quote_style, $charset, $double_encode );

$text(string) (required)

Text to escape.

$quote_style(string)

Unused.
Default: ENT_NOQUOTES

$charset(false|string)

Unused.
Default: false

$double_encode(false)

Whether to double encode. Unused.
Default: false

Notes

• See: esc_html()

Changelog

wp_specialchars() wp specialchars code ^{WP 6.9}

function wp_specialchars( $text, $quote_style = ENT_NOQUOTES, $charset = false, $double_encode = false ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.8.0', 'esc_html()' );
	if ( func_num_args() > 1 ) { // Maintain back-compat for people passing additional arguments.
		return _wp_specialchars( $text, $quote_style, $charset, $double_encode );
	} else {
		return esc_html( $text );
	}
}