[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41208: Dashboard News & Events widget does not properly handle entities (e.g. en/em dash)

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#41208: Dashboard News & Events widget does not properly handle entities (e.g.
en/em dash)
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 Reporter:  nickciske       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  low             |   Milestone:  6.0
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  4.8
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:  ui, javascript
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Comment (by audrasjb):

 The above PR fixes the issue.

 ## How to test

 **Step 1: simulate the issue**

 Using the PR above, replace this line:
 `$event['title'] = html_entity_decode( $event['title'] );`
 with:
 `$event['title'] = 'test – testing' );`

 See that it displays the raw HTML entity on the dashboard.

 **Step 2: fix the issue**

 Now replace the line with:
 `$event['title'] = html_entity_decode( 'test – testing' );`

 See that it displays: `test – testing`.

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