[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33940: Double spaces in term names can cause problems

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#33940: Double spaces in term names can cause problems
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 Reporter:  smerriman     |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  XML-RPC       |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Create a tag called 'test term'.

 Use XML-RPC to create a post with a tag of:

 {{{
 test  term
 }}}

 (two spaces). You'll get an error thrown, with the post not created:

 {{{
 A term with the name already exists in this taxonomy
 }}}

 This appears to be due to the `_insert_post` function in XML-RPC using
 `get_term_by( 'name', $term_name, $taxonomy );`, which is returning false
 - thus it tries to create the term as new, and fails.

 Most other aspects of WP seem to filter the term name to strip double
 spaces first - is that what is necessary here? Or could the issue affect
 more than just XML-RPC?

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