Shortcodes working inside HTML and PHP comments

[javitxu123]

I think that shortcodes should not work inside html or php comments. The following comment inserted in the Wordpress editor shows the images gallery, breaks the layout of the theme and shows after the gallery these characters -->

<!--[gallery ids="4585,4515,4587"] -->

If I use do_shortcode() in a plugin with a shortcode inside a php comments, it's the same as it is with html comments.

[mark-k]

The gallery shortcode breaks html comments because it inserts its on comments and html doesn't support nested comments.

@SergeyBiryukov, since no on is likely to make any changes in shortcodes for 3.6 I suggest to split this ticket into two, this as an enhancement for future release and a new one for removing the comment from the html generate by the gallery shortcode for 3.6

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to mark-k:

I suggest to split this ticket into two, this as an enhancement for future release and a new one for removing the comment from the html generate by the gallery shortcode for 3.6

Makes sense, feel free to create the ticket.

[mark-k]

related #23787