WP_Scripts::localize() WordPress Method

	public function localize( $handle, $object_name, $l10n ) {
		if ( 'jquery' === $handle ) {
			$handle = 'jquery-core';
		}

		if ( is_array( $l10n ) && isset( $l10n['l10n_print_after'] ) ) { // back compat, preserve the code in 'l10n_print_after' if present.
			$after = $l10n['l10n_print_after'];
			unset( $l10n['l10n_print_after'] );
		}

		if ( ! is_array( $l10n ) ) {
			_doing_it_wrong(
				__METHOD__,
				sprintf(
					/* translators: 1: $l10n, 2: wp_add_inline_script() */
					__( 'The %1$s parameter must be an array. To pass arbitrary data to scripts, use the %2$s function instead.' ),
					'<code>$l10n</code>',
					'<code>wp_add_inline_script()</code>'
				),
				'5.7.0'
			);
		}

		if ( is_string( $l10n ) ) {
			$l10n = html_entity_decode( $l10n, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8' );
		} else {
			foreach ( (array) $l10n as $key => $value ) {
				if ( ! is_scalar( $value ) ) {
					continue;
				}

				$l10n[ $key ] = html_entity_decode( (string) $value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8' );
			}
		}

		$script = "var $object_name = " . wp_json_encode( $l10n ) . ';';

		if ( ! empty( $after ) ) {
			$script .= "\n$after;";
		}

		$data = $this->get_data( $handle, 'data' );

		if ( ! empty( $data ) ) {
			$script = "$data\n$script";
		}

		return $this->add_data( $handle, 'data', $script );
	}