[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62995: Uploading Mac screenshots results in broken images, due to question marks inserted in filenames

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#62995: Uploading Mac screenshots results in broken images, due to question marks
inserted in filenames
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 Reporter:  room34             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by room34):

 Replying to [comment:10 dmsnell]:
 > > For obvious reasons, there should never be a question mark in
 filenames in the Media Library.
 >
 > As a side mention, I would pose that it’s not obvious that questions
 marks should be disallowed, or any character other than the ASCII “/”,
 since that is used across various filesystems as the path separator.
 >
 > HTML has always supported URLs with arbitrary characters in them, so I
 think there are two issues at play.

 I would respectfully disagree with this, since like the `/`, the `?` also
 plays a specific function in URLs. You can't have a question mark in a
 filename in a URL unless you escape it. Better just to not support it at
 all, I think.

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