get_term_link doesn't accept $term->term_id without explicit casting as numeric

[tomauger]

global $wp_query;

$term = $wp_query->get_queried_object();

get_term_link($term, $term->taxonomy); ok

get_term_link($term->slug, $term->taxonomy); ok

get_term_link($term->term_id, $term->taxonomy); WP_Error ('Empty Term')

echo ($term->term_id); ok (echoes correct ID)

get_term_link(intval($term->term_id), $term->taxonomy); ok

This is due to get_term() and get_term_by() not int'ing the fields when using a raw context. See http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17646#comment:5 for a patch which sanitizes them.

See also #16469 (This and that can probably be closed as a duplicate of either #17646 or one of the other int'ing tickets)

I ran into this today trying to get the link using the term_id. The codex (​http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_term_link) specifies that term_id can be used. Should I update it to reflect that there is a bug or just hold tight until the bug is fixed?

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