esc_html

WordPress Version: 3.8

/**
 * Escaping for HTML blocks.
 *
 * @since 2.8.0
 *
 * @param string $text
 * @return string
 */
function esc_html($text)
{
    $safe_text = wp_check_invalid_utf8($text);
    $safe_text = _wp_specialchars($safe_text, ENT_QUOTES);
    /**
     * Filter a string cleaned and escaped for output in HTML.
     *
     * Text passed to esc_html() is stripped of invalid or special characters
     * before output.
     *
     * @since 2.8.0
     *
     * @param string $safe_text The text after it has been escaped.
     * @param string $text      The text prior to being escaped.
     */
    return apply_filters('esc_html', $safe_text, $text);
}