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WordPress String Translation Escaping Example
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1_unsafe.php
<?php
echo '<p>' . __('This is some text that needs to be translatable in my WordPress plugin', 'myplugin') . '</p>';
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2_safe.php
<?php
echo '<p>' . esc_html__('This text is still translatable in my WordPress plugin, but it also safe because it is escaped before being output.', 'myplugin') . '</p>';
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3_unsafe_attr.php
<?php
echo '<a href="#" title="' . __('The title attribute in this link needs to be translatable', 'myplugin') . '">' . __('The anchor text also needs to be translatable', 'myplugin') . '</a>';
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4_safe_attr.php
<?php
echo '<a href="#" title="' . esc_attr__('The title attribute in this link needs to be translatable', 'myplugin') . '">' . esc_html__('The anchor text also needs to be translatable', 'myplugin') . '</a>';
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om4james commented May 5, 2012

These examples are explained here: http://jamesc.id.au/2012/05/escape-translated-strings-wordpress-plugin-theme/

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