[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11040: esc_attr() doesn't strip HTML tags

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#11040: esc_attr() doesn't strip HTML tags
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 Reporter:  kingjeffrey       |        Type:  defect (bug)
   Status:  new               |    Priority:  normal      
Milestone:  2.9               |   Component:  Formatting  
  Version:                    |    Severity:  normal      
 Keywords:  has-patch commit  |  
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Comment(by filosofo):

 You can't make esc_attr() strip out tags, because it's used, for example,
 to format the output of textarea fields.

 It would be better in my opinion just to strip out the tags where they
 should be stripped out, which is not necessarily for every attribute.

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