Balances tags if forced to, or if the ‘use_balanceTags’ option is set to true.

$text string Required

Text to be balanced

$force bool Optional

If true, forces balancing, ignoring the value of the option.

Default: false

string Balanced text

The option ‘use_balanceTags’ is used for whether the tags will be balanced. Either the $force parameter or ‘use_balanceTags’ option need to be true before the tags will be balanced.

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

function balanceTags( $text, $force = false ) {  // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName.FunctionNameInvalid
	if ( $force || (int) get_option( 'use_balanceTags' ) === 1 ) {
		return force_balance_tags( $text );
	} else {
		return $text;
	}
}