Formerly used to escape strings before inserting into the DB.

Has not performed this function for many, many years. Use wpdb::prepare() instead.

$content string Required

The text to format.

string The very same text.

File: wp-includes/deprecated.php. View all references

function format_to_post( $content ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.9.0' );
	return $content;
}