[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9993: Rss and atom feeds are dropping some characters

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#9993: Rss and atom feeds are dropping some characters
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 Reporter:  pm24601                   |       Owner:  stevenkword
     Type:  defect (bug)              |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  4.6
Component:  Feeds                     |     Version:  2.7.1
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by stevenkword):

 Replying to [comment:27 ocean90]:
 > The `strip_tags()` call exists since b2, see
 https://github.com/ericandrewlewis/b2/blame/e0de2a065d3e1d139fbb635e505e7fed5271954e/b2-include/b2template.functions.php#L269.
 > I think one of the reasons might be that titles can include HTML like
 `<br>` or `<strong>` for visual purposes and not as a part of the title.
 These shouldn't be displayed in a feed reader.

 How would you feel about str_replace() those explicity rather than running
 them through strip_tags()?

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