[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #2813: <br /> tags are not handled correctly when posted via xml-rpc

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#2813: <br /> tags are not handled correctly when posted via xml-rpc
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       Id:  2813       |      Status:  new                     
Component:  XML-RPC    |    Modified:  Sat Jun 10 18:25:14 2006
 Severity:  normal     |   Milestone:  2.0.3                   
 Priority:  normal     |     Version:  2.0.2                   
    Owner:  anonymous  |    Reporter:  pidge                   
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 A few things happens when posting a well formed valid xhtml content via
 xml-rpc.

 1. <br/> tags are converted to <br>

 2. When publishing WP appends extra <br/> (actually <br>) tags even if the
 post is a well formed validated xhtml content.

 To reproduce, compose a simple entry with a <br/> using a client editor
 (in our case, we used our application - Zoundry). The xhtml content looks
 like:

 {{{
 <p>Hello
 <br />
 Worlds</p>
 }}}

 Debug logs shows that the xml-rpc description field is as expected:

 {{{
 &lt;p&gt;Hello
 &lt;br/&gt;
 Worlds&lt;/p&gt;
 }}}

 Next, go into the WP MySQL database and look at the posted content:
 In, WP 2.0, noticed that the <br/> is converted to <br>. E.g.:

 {{{
 <p>Hello
 <br>
 Worlds</p>
 }}}

 I found that this is due to a bug in kses.php. It seems this part (<br/>
 converted to <br>) is resolved in WP 2.0.1. That is, the database content
 is:

 {{{
 <p>Hello
 <br/>
 World</p>
 }}}

 When the above content is published via WP, the html in the published
 entry inserts two extra <br> tags and also note that the <br/> is
 converted to a non-valid <br> tag (possibly a bug in wpautop):

 {{{
 <p>Hello<br>
 <br><br>
 World</p>
 }}}

 This applies to WP 2.0 and 2.01 (verified) and users have reported same
 issue in WP 2.02.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2813>
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