Title: deprecated attribute_escape() ==> esc_attr()
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# deprecated attribute_escape() ==> esc_attr()

 *  Resolved [Mihail D](https://wordpress.org/support/users/memberremember/)
 * (@memberremember)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-attribute_escape-esc_attr/)
 * /**
    * Escaping for HTML attributes. * * [@since](https://wordpress.org/support/users/since/)
   2.0.6 * [@deprecated](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deprecated/) 2.8.0 *
   [@deprecated](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deprecated/) Use esc_attr()*
   [@see](https://wordpress.org/support/users/see/) esc_attr() * * [@param](https://wordpress.org/support/users/param/)
   string $text * [@return](https://wordpress.org/support/users/return/) string */
   function attribute_escape( $text ) { _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, ‘2.8’,‘
   esc_attr()’ ); return esc_attr( $text ); }
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 *  [ttremain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ttremain/)
 * (@ttremain)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-attribute_escape-esc_attr/#post-4955680)
 * 5 months, and still not addressed?
 * If wordpress debugging is enabled, you get a BUNCH of:
 * PHP Notice: attribute_escape is **deprecated** since version 2.8! Use esc_attr()
   instead.
 *  Plugin Author [michelem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelem/)
 * (@michelem)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-attribute_escape-esc_attr/#post-4955683)
 * Solved right now. Thanks for notice, please wait the official new release.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-attribute_escape-esc_attr/#post-4955683)
 * Status: resolved