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

Most likely, they are dummy functions someone introduced for the sake of brevity. The h(), for example, looks like an alias for htmlspecialchars():

function h($s)
{
    return htmlspecialchars($s);
}

So look for them in the include files. Espec. the ones with names likes "util.php" or "lib.php".