🐛 FIX: Handle display name with special chars

Automattic · Apr 4, 2021 · 099e5d0 · 099e5d0
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diff --git a/co-authors-plus.php b/co-authors-plus.php
@@ -1209,6 +1209,8 @@ public function ajax_suggest() {
 				"%s ∣ %s ∣ %s ∣ %s ∣ %s ∣ %s \n",
 				esc_html( $author->ID ),
 				esc_html( $author->user_login ),
+				// Ensure that author names can contain a pipe character by replacing the pipe character with the
+				// divides character, which will now serve as a delimiter of the author parameters. (#370)
 				esc_html( str_replace( '∣', '|', $author->display_name ) ),
 				esc_html( $author->user_email ),
 				esc_html( rawurldecode( $author->user_nicename ) ),