">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p>
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<p>This function acts as an alias for PHP&#8217;s native <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">htmlspecialchars()</span></code>
function, with the advantage of being able to accept an array of strings.</p>
<p>It is useful in preventing Cross Site Scripting (XSS).</p>
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<dl class="function">
<dt id="get_mimes">
<code class="descname">get_mimes</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><spa