[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28180: No get equivalent for language_attributes()

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#28180: No get equivalent for language_attributes()
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 Reporter:  PeterRKnight  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes        |    Version:  3.9
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  template      |
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 In core most functions that can output a string call a function that
 returns a string instead of returning it. The language_attributes()
 function is an exception to this and always echoes a string. I was
 expecting there to be an equivalent get_language_attributes() function
 that returns a string instead.

 I ran into this need while coding conditional IE fallback code for the
 opening HTML tag. Rather than call language_attributes() multiple times, I
 wanted to store the attributes in a string. The current workaround is
 either using output buffering or simply calling language_attributes()
 multiple times, both of which are undesirable because it adds unnecessary
 operations. It also imposes a limitation in how a developer may choose to
 output html.

 I propose adding get_language_attributes() for consistency and flexibility
 purposes.

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