format_to_edit( string $content, bool $rich_text = false ): string

Acts on text which is about to be edited.

Description

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.

Parameters

$contentstringrequired
The text about to be edited.
$rich_textbooloptional
Whether $content should be considered rich text, in which case it would not be passed through esc_textarea() .

Default:false

Return

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

Source

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;
}

Hooks

apply_filters( ‘format_to_edit’, string $content )

Filters the text to be formatted for editing.

Changelog

VersionDescription
4.4.0The $richedit parameter was renamed to $rich_text for clarity.
0.71Introduced.

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