sanitize_hex_color_no_hash() – Function

sanitize_hex_color_no_hash( string $color ): string|null

Sanitizes a hex color without a hash. Use sanitize_hex_color() when possible.

Description

Saving hex colors without a hash puts the burden of adding the hash on the UI, which makes it difficult to use or upgrade to other color types such as rgba, hsl, rgb, and HTML color names.

Returns either '', a 3 or 6 digit hex color (without a #), or null.

Parameters

$colorstringrequired

Return

string|null

Source

function sanitize_hex_color_no_hash( $color ) {
	$color = ltrim( $color, '#' );

	if ( '' === $color ) {
		return '';
	}

	return sanitize_hex_color( '#' . $color ) ? $color : null;
}

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Uses	Description
sanitize_hex_color()`wp-includes/formatting.php`	Sanitizes a hex color.

Used by	Description
WP_Customize_Manager::_sanitize_header_textcolor()`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php`	Callback for validating the header_textcolor value.
maybe_hash_hex_color()`wp-includes/formatting.php`	Ensures that any hex color is properly hashed.

Changelog

Version	Description
3.4.0	Introduced.

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