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Updating a post without escaping ampersands?

I’ve found that wp_update_post() escapes all ampersands provided in the post’s post_content. I’m trying to update a post without converting ampersands to &. ...

May 14, 2022
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Escaping built-in WP function return strings

Should one filter the output of builtin WP functions such as get_permalink() and well-known WP plugins such as ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) such ...

May 14, 2022
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Do you need to escape hard coded plain text?

I started playing with the Underscores starter theme and noticed it uses esc_html_e() even on plain text: <a class="skip-link" href="#content"><?php esc_html_e( 'Skip to ...

May 13, 2022
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How to escape indicator characters (i.e. : or – ) in YAML

In a config file, I have a key to which I wish to assign a URL. The problem is that YAML interprets : ...

May 13, 2022
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esc before saving or before displaying does it matter?

In a lot of how to create a custom meta box tutorials, when saving data, i.e., update_post_meta the data is escaped: update_post_meta( $post_id, ...

May 12, 2022
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How to escape text for regular expression in Java

Does Java have a built-in way to escape arbitrary text so that it can be included in a regular expression? For example, if ...

May 12, 2022
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Disable escaping html

I’m using SyntaxHighlighter Evolved to highlight code examples. E.g. When I first save it, it’s ok, but when editing wordpress changes the text ...

May 11, 2022
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How to escape html code with html allowed

i am a little confused how to use escape function on a variable having html code in it. i have tried this https://codex.wordpress.org/Validating_Sanitizing_and_Escaping_User_Data ...

May 11, 2022
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Escape a string for a sed replace pattern

In my bash script I have an external (received from user) string, which I should use in sed pattern. REPLACE="<funny characters here>" sed ...

May 10, 2022
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Pass a PHP string to a JavaScript variable (and escape newlines) [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: How do I pass variables and data from PHP to JavaScript? (19 answers) Closed 7 years ago. ...

May 9, 2022
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