php e() and h() functions?

Question

I and lately I\'m seeing h() and e() functions in PHP. I have googled them, but they are so short that results don\'t give any idea of what they are. I

Answer 1

It looks like it might be CakePHP.

See e()

e (mixed $data)

Convenience wrapper for echo().

This has been Deprecated and will be removed in 2.0 version. Use echo() instead.

See h()

h (string $text, string $charset = null)

Convenience wrapper for htmlspecialchars().