[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24152: Use JSON as alternative to headers

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#24152: Use JSON as alternative to headers
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 Reporter:  ryanve           |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Themes           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  close            |     Focuses:
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Comment (by retlehs):

 Time to revisit? The non-standard file headers specification is 17
 different things, when it could be reduced to just "use valid JSON"

 For backwards compat, the feature could work along the lines of: if less
 than 4.x, use `get_file_data`, if newer, use `json_decode`

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24152#comment:16>
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