[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23275: WordPress Importer: line-ending mismatch corrupts serialized meta

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#23275: WordPress Importer: line-ending mismatch corrupts serialized meta
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 Reporter:  WraithKenny        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Import             |     Version:
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |
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Comment (by WraithKenny):

 The issue:

 I've noticed that on some installs (xampp, mampp) the parsing of the
 import file into php, and then the attempt to unserialize fails do to
 line-ending mismatches. This patch attempts to normalize the line-endings
 if first pass fails, and adjusts the s-length if the second pass fails.

 Alternatively, finding out which step causes the line-endings to
 change/conflict and preventing it there might be a better/cleaner
 solution, but that might be with how plugins store meta_data. My own
 plugin seems to save different endings via html post or ajax save. It
 doesn't effect the functioning of the plugin tho, only the importing of
 the meta_data. This should be fine anyway, except that when the file is
 saved (either by the browser, or up to the server or when the file is
 processed), then line-endings change, corrupting data or the s:length.

 The patch was what I could get working.

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