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js_escape( string $text ): string

Escape single quotes, specialchar double quotes, and fix line endings.

Description

The filter ‘js_escape’ is also applied by esc_js() .

See also

Parameters

$textstringrequired
The text to be escaped.

Return

string Escaped text.

Source

function js_escape( $text ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.8.0', 'esc_js()' );
	return esc_js( $text );
}

Changelog

Version Description
2.8.0 Use esc_js()
2.0.4 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/js_escape