format_to_edit( string $content, bool $rich_text = false )

Acts on text which is about to be edited.


Description

The $content is run through esc_textarea(), which uses htmlspecialchars() to convert special characters to HTML entities. If $richedit is set to true, it is simply a holder for the ‘format_to_edit’ filter.


Parameters

$content

(Required) The text about to be edited.

$rich_text

(Optional) Whether $content should be considered rich text, in which case it would not be passed through esc_textarea().

Default value: false


Return

(string) The text after the filter (and possibly htmlspecialchars()) has been run.


Source

File: wp-includes/formatting.php

function format_to_edit( $content, $rich_text = false ) {
	/**
	 * Filters the text to be formatted for editing.
	 *
	 * @since WP-1.2.0
	 *
	 * @param string $content The text, prior to formatting for editing.
	 */
	$content = apply_filters( 'format_to_edit', $content );
	if ( ! $rich_text )
		$content = esc_textarea( $content );
	return $content;
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-4.4.0 The $richedit parameter was renamed to $rich_text for clarity.
WP-0.71 Introduced.