get_search_query()

Retrieve the contents of the search WordPress query variable.

The search query string is passed through {@link esc_attr() to ensure that it is safe for placing in an html attribute.

Signature

get_search_query( $escaped = true )

escaped

 (boolean) Whether the result is escaped. Default true. Only use when you are later escaping it. Do not use unescaped.
Default: true

Return

(string)

Source

function get_search_query( $escaped = true ) {
	$query = apply_filters( 'get_search_query', get_query_var( 's' ) );
	if ( $escaped )
		$query = esc_attr( $query );
	return $query;
}

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