[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17780: Use PHP native double encoding prevention in htmlspecialchars()

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#17780: Use PHP native double encoding prevention in htmlspecialchars()
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 Reporter:  nbachiyski   |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  low          |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General      |    Version:
 Severity:  minor        |   Keywords:  needs-patch
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 Since PHP 5.2.3 the {{{htmlspecialchars()}}} function has an optional
 {{{$double_encode}}} parameter, which we could use. This can save us a few
 expensive kses/html decoding calls.

 We need to make sure it works the same way as our implementation.

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