[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20077: shortcode_parse_atts should not force arguments to be lowercase

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#20077: shortcode_parse_atts should not force arguments to be lowercase
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 Reporter:  fireproofsocks  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General         |    Version:
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
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 Inside wp-includes/shortcodes.php, the shortcode_parse_atts() function
 forces shortcode arguments to be lowercase.  So if your shotcode had
 something like [my_shortcode MyVar=123], then your code that uses
 something like "print $MyVar;" fails... you have to use "$myvar" instead.
 This is counter-intuitive.  I understand that there needs to be some
 restrictions on what is a valid parameter name (see
 http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9405), but I think it makes the most
 sense that the parameter names can correspond to any valid PHP variable
 name;  PHP variables ARE case-sensitive, so this arbitrary restriction of
 forcing lower-case parameters seems like the incorrect approach.

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