id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,focuses 22936,XML-RPC Wordpress api setOption double escapes args,jachzen,,"Parts of the xml-rpc wordpress api are not usable, as they doublequote strings. e.g. ""Munich's"" becomes ""Munich\\'s"". wp.setOptions($args) escpapes all args and calls update_option() which is then calling mysql_real_escape_string(), leading to a double escaping. To solve this options should not be escaped in wp-setOptions() function. Here the callStack showing the 2nd escaping: wp-includes/wp-db.php.wpdb->_real_escape:884 wp-includes/wp-db.php.wpdb->escape_by_ref:950 wp-includes/wp-db.php.array_walk:0 wp-includes/wp-db.php.wpdb->prepare:1003 wp-includes/wp-db.php.wpdb->update:1365 wp-includes/option.php.update_option:258",defect (bug),new,normal,Awaiting Review,XML-RPC,,blocker,,has-patch,,