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#31632 closed defect (bug) (fixed)

Don't strip newline in esc_url() when protocol is mailto:

Reported by: danielbachhuber's profile danielbachhuber Owned by: danielbachhuber's profile danielbachhuber
Milestone: 4.3 Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: Formatting Keywords: has-patch
Focuses: Cc:

Description

esc_url() strips encoded newlines when it shouldn't.

The genesis of newline stripping is r4148. mailto was added as a mentioned protocol in r8743, but it doesn't appear there was any technical change, only the PHPdoc mention.

Here's the failing testcase:

$body = <<<EOT
Hi there,

I thought you might want to sign up for this newsletter
EOT;
$email_link = 'mailto:?body=' . rawurlencode( $body );

// Expected: mailto:?body=Hi%20there%2C%0A%0AI%20thought%20you%20might%20want%20to%20sign%20up%20for%20this%20newsletter
var_export( $email_link );

// Actual: mailto:?body=Hi%20there%2CI%20thought%20you%20might%20want%20to%20sign%20up%20for%20this%20newsletter
$email_link = esc_url( $email_link );
var_export( $email_link );

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31632.1.diff (1.6 KB) - added by danielbachhuber 10 years ago.
Don't strip newline in esc_url when protocol is mailto:

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Change History (12)

@danielbachhuber
10 years ago

Don't strip newline in esc_url when protocol is mailto:

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10 years ago

#2 @danielbachhuber
10 years ago

  • Keywords has-patch 4.3-early added

#3 @obenland
10 years ago

  • Owner set to danielbachhuber
  • Status changed from new to assigned

#4 @danielbachhuber
10 years ago

  • Milestone changed from Future Release to 4.3

#5 @obenland
10 years ago

  • Keywords 4.3-early removed

#6 @dd32
10 years ago

This feels like a wontfix edgecase to me..

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10 years ago

#8 @jorbin
10 years ago

I think that this is an edgecase, but one worth supporting. mailto is an acceptable protocal to be run through esc_url and it allows new lines. The fact that this contains unit tests means that the cost of the supporting the edge case is low.

#9 @dd32
10 years ago

I'm fine with letting it in if others feel strongly, but I still think it's an significant edge-case that doesn't realistically need to be supported.

The unit tests should be expanded to cover other use-cases as well. It should show it in action, and that it still works as intended for other url forms (assuming that there isn't another test that handles that already)

#10 @jorbin
10 years ago

  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from assigned to closed

In 33064:

Don't strip newline in esc_url() when protocol is mailto:

The mailto protocol is a bit different than the other protocols in that new lines are something you might realistically want to include. Includes tests to make sure that http protocol urls that contain mailto: aren't affected. Tests for stripping newlines in general already exist.

Fixes #31632
Props danielbachhuber

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9 years ago

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