[wp-hackers] esc_textarea() back to normal text?

[Chip Bennett]

I think, generally, the esc_*() functions are intended for *output* of data,
rather than for *input*. For *input* of data, you might be better-served
using the appropriate KSES filter, e.g. wp_filter_kses() for HTML, or
wp_filter_nohtml_kses() for normal text.

(Of course, if I'm wrong, I'm sure I'll be set straight shortly! :) )

Chip

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Christopher Ross <cross at thisismyurl.com>wrote:

> I wrote some text to the database using
> esc_textarea(update_option(1,$test)) and when I fetch it using get_option(1)
> it reads &lt;hello&gt; (as expected) but what's the function to convert it
> back to <hello> for display?
>
> c.
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