[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41450: sanitize_text_field() assumes the field is a string

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#41450: sanitize_text_field() assumes the field is a string
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 Reporter:  johnbillion   |       Owner:  pento
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  low           |   Milestone:  5.1
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:  2.9
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by fclaussen):

 Replying to [comment:19 fclaussen]:
 > I am still not sure how, but this broken an important function I have.
 > I am trying to determine why, since I am passing a string to
 `sanitize_text_field` and it is being converted to an empty string.
 >
 > If I ever figure this out, I'll update here.

 Ok. I figure out the issue I was having.
 I read from xml, sanitize this string and then create a post with the
 string.

 Problem is that what was considered a "string" before, is actually an
 SimpleXMLElement object.
 Switching to `sanitize_text_field( (string) $myvar->title )` did the
 trick.

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