id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
15432	media_handle_sideload() is not returning right value	acsnaterse	joostdevalk	"The media_handle_sideload() is not return the right value. Just like the media_handle_upload you would expect the $id as integer return value, but it returns the URL string.

This is happening in the last lines of the function:

{{{
// Save the attachment metadata
$id = wp_insert_attachment($attachment, $file, $post_id);
	
if ( !is_wp_error($id) ) {
	wp_update_attachment_metadata( $id, wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $id, $file ) );
	return $url;
}
return $id;
}}}

Also where this function is used ( in media_sideload_image() ) it is expecting the ID as return value."	defect (bug)	closed	normal	3.1	Media	3.0.1	normal	fixed	has-patch