[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17409: Entity & in menu title breaks XHTML 1.0 Strict validation

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#17409: Entity & in menu title breaks XHTML 1.0 Strict validation
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 Reporter:  Florat        |       Owner:  Florian
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Menus         |     Version:  3.1.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by ocean90):

 * keywords:  close =>
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:3 Steve_p]:
 >When using $menu_item->menu_title directly, you need to use esc_html() to
 encode HTML entities correctly.

 Or, as `wp_nav_menu()` and his Walker, do `apply_filters( 'the_title',
 $menu_item->menu_title, $menu_item->ID )`.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17409#comment:4>
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