[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:
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-testing  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by azaozz):

 Replying to [comment:20 johnbillion]:

 Officially it is defined in XML and XHTML, but not in HTML:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references#Entities_representing_special_characters_in_XHTML

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