[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17780: Use PHP native double encoding prevention in htmlspecialchars()

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#17780: Use PHP native double encoding prevention in htmlspecialchars()
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 Reporter:  nbachiyski   |       Owner:  miqrogroove
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  Formatting   |     Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:
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Changes (by miqrogroove):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 Test results from @netweb showed that prior to PHP 5.4, the $double_encode
 parameter does not perform entity validation.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17780#comment:18>
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