[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8013: CDATA block in post content trips up XMLRPC interface
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#8013: CDATA block in post content trips up XMLRPC interface
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Reporter: redsweater | Owner: josephscott
Type: defect (bug) | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: XML-RPC | Version: 2.6.1
Severity: normal | Resolution: invalid
Keywords: | Focuses:
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Comment (by taffneyrena):
When I tried this using a simple PHP script the IXR XML-RPC library it
sent <![CDATA[Hello]]> encoded as <![CDATA[Hello]]> which worked
fine. The raw database post content was <![CDATA[Hello]]>. I think the
right think to do then is to encode both sets of angle brackets.
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8013#comment:9>
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