[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #54416: Some WordPress generated emails escape special chars in the email address while other emails do not.

[WordPress Trac]

#54416: Some WordPress generated emails escape special chars in the email address
while other emails do not.
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 Reporter:  ltuspe                               |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  Mail                                 |     Version:  5.8
 Severity:  major                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  good-first-bug has-test-info needs-  |     Focuses:
  patch                                          |
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Comment (by jdeep):

 @SirLouen

 > Why in send_confirmation_on_profile_email the form post result is coming
 slashed?

 This happens because [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-
 develop/blob/trunk/src/wp-includes/load.php#L1284 ALL superglobals] are
 slashed whenever [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-
 develop/blob/trunk/src/wp-settings.php#L585 WordPress loads].

 Rather than rectifying this slash-ed email later on, we should refactor
 `add_magic_quotes` to maybe have some whitelist fields which does not need
 to be slashed. But this kind of refactor may break existing code if not
 thought of all the cases properly. It would also come with the overhead of
 maintaining this whitelist.

 But again this would be a much cleaner solution than un-slashing it later
 on.

 What are your thoughts on it?

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