[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36302: wp_update_comment needs a filter

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#36302: wp_update_comment needs a filter
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 Reporter:  frankiet     |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments     |     Version:  4.4.2
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by boonebgorges):

 > Would the location I suggested, at the array merge work better?

 @dshanske It's better, but not ideal, because then it's impossible to
 override any of the 'comment_approved' logic, 'comment_date_gmt', the
 filtered `$commentarr`, or the results of 'comment_save_pre'. The best
 place for this kind of filter is right before the `$rval` line. But some
 juggling may need to be done with `wp_slash()` and `wp_unslash()`, to make
 sure that content (especially the 'comment_content') is unslashed properly
 before it gets into the DB; alternatively, you could write in the
 documentation that the data being passed to the filter is already
 unslashed.

 As a side note, is there a reason why the individual filters applied in
 `wp_filter_comment()` won't work? Why are we introducing a single filter
 on the whole array, when each value is already filtered separately? What
 value is the `'filtered'` flag that's set in `wp_filter_comment()` if we
 are applying an overriding filter elsewhere?

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