sanitize_html_class( string $classname, string $fallback = '' ): string

Sanitizes an HTML classname to ensure it only contains valid characters.

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Description

Strips the string down to A-Z,a-z,0-9,_,-. If this results in an empty string then it will return the alternative value supplied.

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Parameters

$classname string Required
The classname to be sanitized.
$fallback string Optional
The value to return if the sanitization ends up as an empty string.

Default: ''

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Return

string The sanitized value.

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Source

File: wp-includes/formatting.php. View all references 

function sanitize_html_class( $classname, $fallback = '' ) {
	// Strip out any percent-encoded characters.
	$sanitized = preg_replace( '|%[a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]|', '', $classname );

	// Limit to A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '_', '-'.
	$sanitized = preg_replace( '/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]/', '', $sanitized );

	if ( '' === $sanitized && $fallback ) {
		return sanitize_html_class( $fallback );
	}
	/**
	 * Filters a sanitized HTML class string.
	 *
	 * @since 2.8.0
	 *
	 * @param string $sanitized The sanitized HTML class.
	 * @param string $classname HTML class before sanitization.
	 * @param string $fallback  The fallback string.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'sanitize_html_class', $sanitized, $classname, $fallback );
}

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Uses

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Uses Description
sanitize_html_class() wp-includes/formatting.php

Sanitizes an HTML classname to ensure it only contains valid characters.
apply_filters() wp-includes/plugin.php

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

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Changelog
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2.8.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by lieutenantdan —

    Created this function to help escape multiple HTML classes, you can give it an array of classes or a string of them separated by a delimiter:

    if( ! function_exists("sanitize_html_classes") ){
    function sanitize_html_classes($classes, $sep = " "){
        $return = "";

        if(!is_array($classes)) {
            $classes = explode($sep, $classes);
        }

        if(!empty($classes)){
            foreach($classes as $class){
                $return .= sanitize_html_class($class) . " ";
            }
        }

        return $return;
    }
}
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    Contributed by Mahdi Yazdani —

    Sanitize multiple HTML classes in one pass.

    Accepts either an array of $classes, or a space-separated string of class names and runs them to sanitize using the sanitize_html_class function.

    /**
 * Sanitize multiple HTML classes in one pass.
 *
 * @param    array  $classes           Classes to be sanitized.
 * @param    string $return_format     The return format, 'input', 'string', or 'array'.
 * @return   array|string
 */
function prefix_sanitize_html_classes( $classes, $return_format = 'input' ) {
	if ( 'input' === $return_format ) {
		$return_format = is_array( $classes ) ? 'array' : 'string';
	}

	$classes           = is_array( $classes ) ? $classes : explode( ' ', $classes );
	$sanitized_classes = array_map( 'sanitize_html_class', $classes );

	if ( 'array' === $return_format ) {
		return $sanitized_classes;
	} else {
		return implode( ' ', $sanitized_classes );
	}
}

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