[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32556: Clarify behaviour of esc_attr() with respect to HTML entities

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#32556: Clarify behaviour of esc_attr() with respect to HTML entities
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 Reporter:  leewillis77   |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by miqrogroove):

 Replying to [ticket:32556 leewillis77]:
 > It's possibly to just use htmlentities(), and not use esc_attr() at all

 Just to clarify, it's htmlspecialchars().  If you need help with this,
 please see the support forums.

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