Wordpress shortcode, backslash added in front of double quotation marks

Question

I need to add some html to shortcode image tag for example

<img src="http://image.com/design/images/5Stars.png" alt="5 star rating">

When I check value in database, I can see all double quotation marks formatted with backslashes

<img src=\"http://image.com/design/Images/5Stars.png\" alt=\"5 star rating\">

I have tried to use “htmlspecialchars()” and “esc_attr()” but when I using shortcode I can see simple text instead of html.

you can use `stripslashes()` while saving in database. – Shravan Sharma Mar 18 '16 at 11:20 — Shravan Sharma, Mar 18 '16 at 11:20
no, stripslashes() give same result – zhoradk Mar 18 '16 at 11:29 — zhoradk, Mar 18 '16 at 11:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '16 at 11:51

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Try with ob_start like this example:

function my_shortcode() {
    ob_start();
    ?> <HTML> <here> ... <?php
      return ob_get_clean(); }

answered Mar 18 '16 at 11:51

softbrewery

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