[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55714: & stored as & for Post Title and Excerpt in Editor

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#55714: & stored as & for Post Title and Excerpt in Editor
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 Reporter:  kapilpaul                      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                   |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor                         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-test-info has-screenshots  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by siliconforks):

 I'm not sure this is really a bug though?  The post title is supposed to
 be HTML code; this is so you can have titles like `Welcome to
 <i>WordPress</i>`.  Given that, it makes sense that the ampersand would be
 stored in the database as an HTML entity (`&`).

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