[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #7771: XMLRPC api stripping leading angle brackets

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#7771: XMLRPC api stripping leading angle brackets
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 Reporter:  midrangeman  |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect       |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  high         |    Milestone:           
Component:  XML-RPC      |      Version:  2.6.1    
 Severity:  major        |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  xmlrpc       |  
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Comment (by Sixes):

 It seems that this is a bug in libxml2's emulation of the expat library
 from version 2.7.1 onwards and the fact that php will use the libxml2
 library for expat emulation if the expat library is not compiled in.
 Indeed, php 5.2.6 shows libexpat as deprecated and the Fedora 9 install of
 php does not include it.

 It seems that everyone is waiting for everyone else to fix this now.
 Possibly the simplest way forward is for Wordpress to stop using the XML
 Parser library (xml_parser_create() and friends) and switch to the
 experimental but working XML-RPC library (xmlrpc_server_create() etc.).
 This should avoid the problem as presumably it uses native libxml2.

 The above is hypothesis.  I'm going to try testing it now.

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