[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5472: Case insensitive usernames

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#5472: Case insensitive usernames
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 Reporter:  mdawaffe   |        Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new        |    Priority:  normal     
Milestone:  2.9        |   Component:  Users      
  Version:  2.5        |    Severity:  normal     
 Keywords:  has-patch  |  
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 then tracked this down to wp_authenticate_username_password(). It finds
 the "correct" user due to the above issue in MySQL, but ends up rejecting
 it because php considered the above to be false.

 mdawaffe's patch (refreshed accordingly) fixes things indeed.

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