get_the_password_form() inserting two </p> before the </form> causing W3C validation error

[kevinhaig]

In the get_the Password_form()code at the end of the function :

esc_attr__("Submit") . '" /></p>
</form>
';

should be

esc_attr__("Submit") . '" /></p></form>';

[duck_]

I thought that we had fixed this in #16456.

After some quick investigation it appears that the problem is that the spacing before the closing </form> tag is being captured in paragraph tags. Removing <p> tags from around block-level elements first fixes this. However, it will need a lot more testing.

[nacin]

Let's remove the extra tab before </form> to fix this in the 3.4 branch. We can look into wpautop() in 3.5, with unit tests.

[nacin]

In [21124]:

Fix validation issue in get_the_password_form() caused by wpautop(). see #21018 for trunk.

[nacin]

In [21125]:

Fix validation issue in get_the_password_form() caused by wpautop(). fixes #21018 for 3.4.

[nacin]

Replying to duck_:

I thought that we had fixed this in #16456.

After some quick investigation it appears that the problem is that the spacing before the closing </form> tag is being captured in paragraph tags. Removing <p> tags from around block-level elements first fixes this. However, it will need a lot more testing.

Not entirely sure the best way to turn this into a bug report. duck_, can you open a new ticket for 3.5?