format_for_editor( string $text, string $default_editor = null ): string

Formats text for the editor.

Description

Generally the browsers treat everything inside a textarea as text, but it is still a good idea to HTML entity encode <, > and & in the content.

The filter ‘format_for_editor’ is applied here. If $text is empty the filter will be applied to an empty string.

See also

Parameters

$textstringrequired
The text to be formatted.
$default_editorstringoptional
The default editor for the current user.
It is usually either 'html' or 'tinymce'.

Default:null

Return

string The formatted text after filter is applied.

Source

function format_for_editor( $text, $default_editor = null ) {
	if ( $text ) {
		$text = htmlspecialchars( $text, ENT_NOQUOTES, get_option( 'blog_charset' ) );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the text after it is formatted for the editor.
	 *
	 * @since 4.3.0
	 *
	 * @param string $text           The formatted text.
	 * @param string $default_editor The default editor for the current user.
	 *                               It is usually either 'html' or 'tinymce'.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'format_for_editor', $text, $default_editor );
}

Hooks

apply_filters( ‘format_for_editor’, string $text, string $default_editor )

Filters the text after it is formatted for the editor.

Changelog

VersionDescription
4.3.0Introduced.

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