esc_js( string $text )

Escape single quotes, htmlspecialchar ” < > &, and fix line endings.


Description

Escapes text strings for echoing in JS. It is intended to be used for inline JS (in a tag attribute, for example onclick="…"). Note that the strings have to be in single quotes. The ‘js_escape’ filter is also applied here.


Parameters

$text

(string) (Required) The text to be escaped.


Return

(string) Escaped text.


Source

File: wp-includes/formatting.php

function esc_js( $text ) {
	$safe_text = wp_check_invalid_utf8( $text );
	$safe_text = _wp_specialchars( $safe_text, ENT_COMPAT );
	$safe_text = preg_replace( '/&#(x)?0*(?(1)27|39);?/i', "'", stripslashes( $safe_text ) );
	$safe_text = str_replace( "\r", '', $safe_text );
	$safe_text = str_replace( "\n", '\\n', addslashes( $safe_text ) );
	/**
	 * Filters a string cleaned and escaped for output in JavaScript.
	 *
	 * Text passed to esc_js() is stripped of invalid or special characters,
	 * and properly slashed for output.
	 *
	 * @since WP-2.0.6
	 *
	 * @param string $safe_text The text after it has been escaped.
 	 * @param string $text      The text prior to being escaped.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'js_escape', $safe_text, $text );
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-2.8.0 Introduced.