[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18658: Allow apostrophe in email validation

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#18658: Allow apostrophe in email validation
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 Reporter:  swinhoe      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Validation   |     Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |
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Comment (by theandystratton):

 Typically in PHP I do something like this to get unescaped `$_POST` data:

 `$x = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($_POST['x']) : $_POST['x'];`

 WP is stripping the superglobals with `wp_magic_quotes()` but only if
 magic quotes are on. After that, regardless of settings, it's adding
 slashes back via the call to `add_magic_quotes`

 Regardless of your PHP settings, WP is protecting the data. It's secure
 and awesome, but I think this is just an outlier case that probably
 doesn't happen very often so it hasn't been a priority.

 A slash in an email address is just ugly, but it's still valid and we
 should allow it...right? ;]

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