Re: htmlspecialchars() alias

hmm... if you don't feel like typing it out.. $hsc = "htmlspecialchars"; echo $hsc($var); - Brad --- "Jason G." <blair@nb.net> wrote: > Hello General and Dev list, > > Considering the fact that it is good practice to use htmlspecialchars() > anytime you are outputting non-html content to the browser... > > After typing the 16 characters in the htmlspecialchars() function thousands > of times... > > I was wondering if it would be feasible to create an alias for this > function, say hsc() or something short. > > Even nicer, but probably not practical would be a language extension like: > <?== $var ?> being the same as <?= htmlspecialchars($var) ?> > > It is no big deal, but for a function that is used ALL THE TIME, it would > be nice. > > Any Comments??? > > -Jason Garber > www.IonZoft.com > www.Univo.biz > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/