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

As several readers have said, these are CakePHP-specific short-cuts. You can find them in the API docs at: here (for CakePHP 2.x)

I think I read that some of these are going to be removed in 1.3, personally I never used e() as typing echo really doesn't take that much longer :)

edit: e() is deprecated in 1.3 and no longer available in 2.0 see here