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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Plugin Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page Admin Area Forms in WordPress

Aaron Hultquist
Aaron Hultquist
17,821 Points
Posted by Aaron Hultquist
Aaron Hultquist
17,821 Points

Unable to Clear Step 2 of Challenge: Cannot find error in code.

Instructions ask to create a variable named"my_plugin_username" and assign it the escaped value of the "my_plugin_username" input field.

Here is my code:

$my_plugin_username = esc_html($_POST['my_plugin_username']);

Error message: You should pass the posted form element my_plugin_username into esc_html in order to sanitize it.

Am I not doing that?

Joseph Fusco
Joseph Fusco
9,577 Points

I'm having the exact same issue.

function my_plugin_options_page() {

    if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) {
        wp_die('You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.');
    }

  if( isset( $_POST['my_plugin_hidden_field'] ) ){

    $hidden_field = esc_html( $_POST['my_plugin_hidden_field'] );// remove this line.

    $my_plugin_username = esc_html( $_POST['my_plugin_username'] ); 

  }

}

After reading other students posts with the same issue, I've manaed to clear that code challenge by removing the $hidden_field line all together.

1 Answer

Shawn Flanigan
PLUS
Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 Points
Shawn Flanigan
Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 Points

Aaron,

Your code looks correct to me. Are you placing it inside of the if statement that you created in the previous step?