John Davidson

Message:

i am trying to write wordPress search plugin. Everything is working fine but when i put all code inside my shortcode function then esc_attr_e() is not functioning inside php. i don't know how it works for me. here is my line:

<button type="submit" title="<?php esc_attr_e('Search', 'woocommerce'); ?>" class="search"><span><?php esc_attr_e('Search','woocommerce');?></span></button>

and here is how i am trying to achieve this inside php:

<?php

$search = '<button type="submit" title="'.esc_attr_e('Search', 'woocommerce'). '" class="search"><span>';

$search .= ''.esc_attr_e('Search','woocommerce').'</span></button></form>';

?> 

Any help is highly appreciated

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My Answer:
The issue you are facing is because esc_attr_e() function is used to echo the translated and escaped string, not to return it. So when you try to concatenate it to a variable, it will not work as expected.

To solve this issue, you can use esc_attr() function instead of esc_attr_e() inside your PHP code. esc_attr() function will return the escaped string instead of echoing it.

Here is the updated code:

php
$search = '';
$search .= esc_attr__('Search', 'woocommerce').'';
?>


By using esc_attr__() function, you will be able to concatenate the escaped string to your variable without any issues.