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Function Signature:

wp_slash

Function Description:

Adds slashes to a string or recursively adds slashes to strings within an array.

Function Examples:

⚠️ Examples below are generated with GPT-3 once every hour. Do not take them too seriously.
Consider them as some extra input in your learning process - reason about them. Will it work? What could fail?

// Example 1: Basic usage of wp_slash to escape data before inserting into the database
$data = array(
    'name' => wp_slash( $_POST['name'] ),
    'email' => wp_slash( $_POST['email'] ),
    'message' => wp_slash( $_POST['message'] )
);

// Example 2: Using wp_slash to prevent SQL injection when updating user meta data
$user_id = get_current_user_id();
$meta_key = 'phone_number';
$meta_value = wp_slash( $_POST['phone_number'] );
update_user_meta( $user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );

// Example 3: Avoiding slashes being added multiple times by checking if data is already slashed
$data = array(
    'name' => wp_slash( $_POST['name'] ),
    'email' => wp_slash( $_POST['email'] ),
    'message' => wp_slash( $_POST['message'] )
);

if ( !get_magic_quotes_gpc() ) {
    $data = stripslashes_deep( $data );
}