From f196c38ab41c5851a6625e82259c6f6128e75cf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muhibul Haque <muhib.b4m@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 16:48:50 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Tests: Cover stripslashes_from_strings_only(). See
 #65819. Props devmuhib009.

---
 .../tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php     | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php
index b88966cc3427f..ca78d5b43284f 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * @group slashes
  *
  * @covers ::stripslashes_deep
+ * @covers ::stripslashes_from_strings_only
  */
 class Tests_Formatting_StripslashesDeep extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	/**
@@ -55,4 +56,45 @@ public function test_permits_escaped_slash() {
 		$this->assertSame( $txt, stripslashes_deep( "I can\'t see, isn\\\'t that it?" ) );
 		$this->assertSame( $txt, stripslashes_deep( "I can\'t see, isn\\\\\'t that it?" ) );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests that stripslashes_from_strings_only() strips slashes from strings.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 65819
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::stripslashes_from_strings_only
+	 */
+	public function test_stripslashes_from_strings_only_with_string() {
+		$this->assertSame( "I can't see, isn't that it?", stripslashes_from_strings_only( "I can\'t see, isn\'t that it?" ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests that stripslashes_from_strings_only() preserves non-string values.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 65819
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::stripslashes_from_strings_only
+	 *
+	 * @dataProvider data_non_string_values
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed $value Non-string value.
+	 */
+	public function test_stripslashes_from_strings_only_with_non_string( $value ) {
+		$this->assertSame( $value, stripslashes_from_strings_only( $value ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Data provider for test_stripslashes_from_strings_only_with_non_string().
+	 *
+	 * @return array[]
+	 */
+	public static function data_non_string_values() {
+		return array(
+			'integer'      => array( 42 ),
+			'float'        => array( 3.14 ),
+			'boolean true' => array( true ),
+			'null'         => array( null ),
+			'array'        => array( array( 'a', 'b' ) ),
+		);
+	}
 }

From 728bb7b06f17ce5ed64ac01aa8c717d000b0c51f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muhibul Haque <muhib.b4m@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 15:23:03 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Tests: Focus stripslashes_from_strings_only() coverage on
 non-recursive array contract.

---
 .../tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php     | 38 +++----------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php
index ca78d5b43284f..e090b41a3dc98 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/formatting/stripslashesDeep.php
@@ -58,43 +58,15 @@ public function test_permits_escaped_slash() {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Tests that stripslashes_from_strings_only() strips slashes from strings.
+	 * Tests that stripslashes_from_strings_only() does not strip slashes from array elements.
 	 *
-	 * @ticket 65819
-	 *
-	 * @covers ::stripslashes_from_strings_only
-	 */
-	public function test_stripslashes_from_strings_only_with_string() {
-		$this->assertSame( "I can't see, isn't that it?", stripslashes_from_strings_only( "I can\'t see, isn\'t that it?" ) );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Tests that stripslashes_from_strings_only() preserves non-string values.
+	 * Unlike stripslashes_deep(), stripslashes_from_strings_only() does not recurse into arrays.
 	 *
 	 * @ticket 65819
-	 *
-	 * @covers ::stripslashes_from_strings_only
-	 *
-	 * @dataProvider data_non_string_values
-	 *
-	 * @param mixed $value Non-string value.
 	 */
-	public function test_stripslashes_from_strings_only_with_non_string( $value ) {
-		$this->assertSame( $value, stripslashes_from_strings_only( $value ) );
-	}
+	public function test_stripslashes_from_strings_only_does_not_strip_array() {
+		$slashed_array = array( "I can\'t see", 'b' );
 
-	/**
-	 * Data provider for test_stripslashes_from_strings_only_with_non_string().
-	 *
-	 * @return array[]
-	 */
-	public static function data_non_string_values() {
-		return array(
-			'integer'      => array( 42 ),
-			'float'        => array( 3.14 ),
-			'boolean true' => array( true ),
-			'null'         => array( null ),
-			'array'        => array( array( 'a', 'b' ) ),
-		);
+		$this->assertSame( $slashed_array, stripslashes_from_strings_only( $slashed_array ) );
 	}
 }