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Prevent WordPress From Executing Shortcode in Post
<?php
/**
* Retrieve the shortcode regular expression for searching.
*
* The regular expression combines the shortcode tags in the regular expression
* in a regex class.
*
* The regular expression contains 6 different sub matches to help with parsing.
*
* 1 - An extra [ to allow for escaping shortcodes with double [[]]
* 2 - The shortcode name
* 3 - The shortcode argument list
* 4 - The self closing /
* 5 - The content of a shortcode when it wraps some content.
* 6 - An extra ] to allow for escaping shortcodes with double [[]]
*
* @since 2.5
* @uses $shortcode_tags
*
* @return string The shortcode search regular expression
*/
function get_shortcode_regex() {
global $shortcode_tags;
$tagnames = array_keys($shortcode_tags);
$tagregexp = join( '|', array_map('preg_quote', $tagnames) );
// WARNING! Do not change this regex without changing do_shortcode_tag() and strip_shortcode_tag()
// Also, see shortcode_unautop() and shortcode.js.
return
'\\[' // Opening bracket
. '(\\[?)' // 1: Optional second opening bracket for escaping shortcodes: [[tag]]
. "($tagregexp)" // 2: Shortcode name
. '(?![\\w-])' // Not followed by word character or hyphen
. '(' // 3: Unroll the loop: Inside the opening shortcode tag
. '[^\\]\\/]*' // Not a closing bracket or forward slash
. '(?:'
. '\\/(?!\\])' // A forward slash not followed by a closing bracket
. '[^\\]\\/]*' // Not a closing bracket or forward slash
. ')*?'
. ')'
. '(?:'
. '(\\/)' // 4: Self closing tag ...
. '\\]' // ... and closing bracket
. '|'
. '\\]' // Closing bracket
. '(?:'
. '(' // 5: Unroll the loop: Optionally, anything between the opening and closing shortcode tags
. '[^\\[]*+' // Not an opening bracket
. '(?:'
. '\\[(?!\\/\\2\\])' // An opening bracket not followed by the closing shortcode tag
. '[^\\[]*+' // Not an opening bracket
. ')*+'
. ')'
. '\\[\\/\\2\\]' // Closing shortcode tag
. ')?'
. ')'
. '(\\]?)'; // 6: Optional second closing brocket for escaping shortcodes: [[tag]]
}
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