[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23605: esc_url() strips spaces instead of encoding them

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#23605: esc_url() strips spaces instead of encoding them
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 Reporter:  johnbillion   |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by betzster):

 Replying to [comment:11 nacin]:
 > If we're going to encode spaces, should we be encoding other characters
 too? I'm not necessarily against this fix — if a space is passed to
 esc_url(), we know exactly what it should be and it shouldn't be a big
 deal to encode it — but I'm wondering where that stops.

 Can't we just lean on `rawurlencode()` to encode everything properly?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23605#comment:12>
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