title: What is the e() method in laravel views for?
body: <p>I was digging through laravel and I went through how the blade views are interpreted and what I came across was that:</p>
  
  <p>This:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{{ $tenant-&gt;name }}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Translates to this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php echo e($tenant-&gt;name); ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I don't understand what the <code>e()</code> method is for? I could not find it on the php.net too so I am guessing it is a part of laravel 5 itself. But what does it do?</p>