[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16859: esc_url eats square brackets.

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#16859: esc_url eats square brackets.
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 Reporter:  f00f          |       Owner:  johnbillion
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  major         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:
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Changes (by johnbillion):

 * keywords:  has-patch => needs-patch
 * milestone:  4.4 => Future Release


Comment:

 The issue we have here is that PHP <= 5.4.7 doesn't correctly handle IPv6
 hosts in `parse_url()`. Ref: https://3v4l.org/nG3QA

 Not sure where to go from here.

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