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Opened 16 years ago

Closed 16 years ago

Last modified 16 years ago

#9670 closed defect (bug) (fixed)

wp_category_checklist may output incorrect results

Reported by: hailin's profile hailin Owned by:
Milestone: 2.8 Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: General Keywords:
Focuses: Cc:

Description

wp_category_checklist has a loop through $categories, it assumes the index begins with 0, and auto-increments. Most $categories will be that case. However, this is a shaky assumption. PHP doesn't guarantee that. I've seem its index begin with 2, for example. and it may not be consecutive.

This will cause the function to output wrong data set sometimes.
The idea is similar to #9661

The fix is to get array_keys first, then loop through the keys. I've verified that the following patch works correctly.

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9670_checklist.diff (972 bytes) - added by hailin 16 years ago.
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Change History (6)

@hailin
16 years ago

patch

#1 @hailin
16 years ago

This is a safe fix too, as the logic is obvious.
However when the problem occurs, it could be very difficult to track it down.

#2 @hailin
16 years ago

the patch is taken against today's WP trunk.

#3 @ryan
16 years ago

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

(In [11130]) Allow for non-contiguous array indices. Props hailin. fixes #9670

#4 @Denis-de-Bernardy
16 years ago

Ack. I had written a patch in that very same area that fixes a bug in another ticket, related to category selector weirdness.

@ryan: If you find it before I do, please bump it with a "patch is stale" or something, so I get an email.

#5 @Denis-de-Bernardy
16 years ago

  • Milestone changed from Unassigned to 2.8
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