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Description

Encodes text for use inside a <textarea> element.

Usage

<?php esc_textarea( $text ); ?>

Parameters

$text

(string) (required) The text which is to be encoded.

Default: None

Return Values

(string) 

The encoded text with HTML entities.

Change Log

Since: 3.1

Source File

esc_textarea() is located in wp-includes/formatting.php.

Related

See: Data Validation article for an in-depth discussion of input and output sanitization.

• esc_html()
  • esc_html__()
  • esc_html_e()
• esc_attr()
  • esc_attr__()
  • esc_attr_e()
• esc_js()
• esc_sql()
• esc_textarea()
• esc_url()
  • esc_url_raw()