WordPress Version: 5.5
/**
* Accepts matches array from preg_replace_callback in wpautop() or a string.
*
* Ensures that the contents of a `<pre>...</pre>` HTML block are not
* converted into paragraphs or line breaks.
*
* @since 1.2.0
* @deprecated 3.4.0
*
* @param array|string $matches The array or string
* @return string The pre block without paragraph/line break conversion.
*/
function clean_pre($matches)
{
_deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '3.4.0');
if (is_array($matches)) {
$text = $matches[1] . $matches[2] . "</pre>";
} else {
$text = $matches;
}
$text = str_replace(array('<br />', '<br/>', '<br>'), array('', '', ''), $text);
$text = str_replace('<p>', "\n", $text);
$text = str_replace('</p>', '', $text);
return $text;
}