Ticket #12905: tmpl-argument-for-the-title-attribute.diff

wp-includes/post-template.php

@@ -77 +77 @@
         if ( strlen($title) == 0 )
                 return;
 
-        $defaults = array('before' => '', 'after' =>  '', 'echo' => true);
-        $r = wp_parse_args($args, $defaults);
+        $defaults = array('before' => '', 'after' =>  '', 'echo' => true, 'text' => '%s');
+        
+        if ( is_string( $args) && !preg_match( '/^('.implode( '|', array_keys( $defaults ) ).')=/', $args ) )
+                $r = array_merge( $defaults, array( 'text' => $args ) );
+        else
+                $r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
+                
         extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
 
 
-        $title = $before . $title . $after;
-        $title = esc_attr(strip_tags($title));
+        $title = $before . sprintf( $text, $title ) . $after;
+        $title = esc_attr( strip_tags( $title ) );
 
         if ( $echo )
                 echo $title;