Retrieves the translation of $text and escapes it for safe use in an attribute. If there is no translation, or the domain isn’t loaded, the original text is returned.

Signature

esc_attr__( $text, $domain = 'default' )
text
 (string) Text to translate
domain
 (string) Optional. Domain to retrieve the translated text
Default: 'default'

Return

(string) Translated text

Source

function esc_attr__( $text, $domain = 'default' ) {
	return esc_attr( translate( $text, $domain ) );
}
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