Automattic / Automattic/VIP-Coding-Standards
Catch incorrect bloginfo() usage
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Description
## What problem would the enhancement address for VIP?
When using `bloginfo()`, the caller should not echo the output, as `bloginfo()` does this internally (see [here](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/bloginfo/#source)). Callers should simply call `bloginfo()` without any `echo`, but if the callers want to control when the output is echoed, they should use `get_bloginfo()` ([#](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_bloginfo/)). Our standards should catch these kinds of issues in code.
## Describe the solution you'd like
The usage of `echo bloginfo()` should be caught and advice given on using `get_bloginfo()` instead or to skip the echo.
## What code should be reported as a violation?
echo bloginfo( 'name' );
## What code should *not* be reported as a violation?
echo get_bloginfo( 'name' );
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