[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33840: wpautop damages inline script

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#33840: wpautop damages inline script
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 Reporter:  opajaap       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  4.3
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 This code:

 {{{
 $str = '
 <script type="text/javascript">
 alert( \'<div style="float:right; margin-right:6px;" >Edit</div><div
 style="float:right; margin-right:6px;" >Delete</div>\' );
 </script>';
 echo $str;
 echo '<br/>';
 echo wpautop($str);
 }}}
 results in this output as seen in the page source:

 {{{
 <script type="text/javascript">
 alert( '<div style="float:right; margin-right:6px;" >Edit</div><div
 style="float:right; margin-right:6px;" >Delete</div>' );
 </script><br/><p><script type="text/javascript">
 alert( '
 <div style="float:right; margin-right:6px;" >Edit</div>
 <div style="float:right; margin-right:6px;" >Delete</div>
 <p>' );
 </script></p>
 }}}
 The wpautop filter adds {{{<p>}}} twice and {{{</p>}}} once; adds
 linebreaks and hence a js error: SyntaxError: unterminated string literal

 To my opinion, wpautop should NEVER change a byte between {{{<script>}}}
 and {{{</script>}}}; neither should the script tag be wrapped in a p tag.
 Wrapping the code in a {{{[CDATA[ ]]}}} block makes no difference.

 This behaviour is noticed for years and is still present at version
 4.4-alpha-34061

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