Title: Getting Add Setting Error message while adding the control in customizer.
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Getting Add Setting Error message while adding the control in customizer.

 *  [Atticusine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atticusine/)
 * (@atticusine)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-add-setting-error-message-while-adding-the-control-in-customizer/)
 * Hi,
    Recently I tried creating a theme using a wordpress customizer feature. 
   Everything has worked all fine. Yesterday i thought of checking the theme via‘
   theme check’ plugin and found out i had following error message.
 * `Found a Customizer setting that did not have a sanitization callback function.
   Every call to the add_setting() method needs to have a sanitization callback 
   function passed.`
 * Rather than using the straight forward process of adding the controls and settings,
   I added them using array and loops (Following code might clarify what I am talking
   about.) Has this process got something to do with the error message I am receiving.
   I have added the sanitization function and it’s functioning too. Although I don’t
   get why the sanitization error is being displayed. I would appreciate any kind
   of help you can provide on this matter.
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * Mytheme Theme Customizer
        *
        * @package Mytheme
        */
   
       /**
        * Add postMessage support for site title and description for the Theme Customizer.
        *
        * @param WP_Customize_Manager $wp_customize Theme Customizer object.
        */
       function mytheme_customize_register( $wp_customize ) {
       	$wp_customize->get_setting( 'blogname' )->transport         = 'postMessage';
       	$wp_customize->get_setting( 'blogdescription' )->transport  = 'postMessage';
       	$wp_customize->get_setting( 'header_textcolor' )->transport = 'postMessage';
   
       	$controls = array(
       		'top_section_bg_color' => array(
       		'id' => 'top_section_bg_color',
       		'args' => array(
       	            'label' => __('Top Section Color', 'mytheme'),
       	            'section' => 'general_section',
       	            'type' => 'text',
       	            'priority' => 1
       	   		)
       		)
       	);
   
       	$settings = array(
       		'top_section_bg_color' => array(
       		'id'=> 'top_section_bg_color',
       		'args' => array(
       			'default' => '#FFFFFF',
                   'sanitize_callback' => 'mytheme_sanitize_text'
       		)
       		)
       	);
   
       	$sections = array(
       		'general_section' => array(
       			'id' => 'general_section',
       			'args' => array(
       				'title' => __('General Settings', 'mytheme'),
       		        'description' => __('General Setting Configurations', 'mytheme'),
       		        'priority' => 1,
       		        'capability' => 'edit_theme_options',
       		        'theme_supports' => '',
       	        )
               )
       	);
   
       	foreach($settings as $setting) :
               $wp_customize->add_setting($setting['id'],$setting['args']);
           endforeach;
   
       	foreach($sections as $section) :
           	$wp_customize->add_section($section['id'], $section['args']);
       	endforeach;
   
       	foreach($controls as $control) :
                   $wp_customize->add_control($control['id'], $control['args']);
           endforeach;
   
       	function mytheme_sanitize_text($input) {
       		return esc_attr($input);
       	}
       }
       add_action( 'customize_register', 'mytheme_customize_register' );
   
       /**
        * Binds JS handlers to make Theme Customizer preview reload changes asynchronously.
        */
       function mytheme_customize_preview_js() {
       	wp_enqueue_script( 'mytheme_customizer', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/customizer.js', array( 'customize-preview' ), '20130508', true );
       }
       add_action( 'customize_preview_init', 'mytheme_customize_preview_js' );
       ```
   
 * Thanks,

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