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Fix PO file escaping of backslashes and parsing of escaped quotes - #21074

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Motivation

GettextPoFile mishandles backslashes in three compounding ways:

  1. encode() escapes ", \n, \t, \r but not the backslash itself. A message ending in a backslash produces a msgstr "x\" line where the closing quote becomes part of an escape sequence; on re-parse the unterminated string swallows following entries and corrupts the catalog.
  2. decode() unescapes \n, \r, \t, \" as independent sequential replacements without honoring escaped backslashes, so the two-character sequence \ + \n-escape decodes to a stray backslash plus a newline instead of a literal backslash followed by n.
  3. The load() extraction pattern places a single-backslash negative lookbehind before closing quotes (".*(?<!\\)"). It cannot parse strings whose last character is an escaped backslash — the real closing quote looks escaped to it — and such messages silently disappear from the loaded catalog.

Changes

  • encode(): escape the backslash first, then the other special characters.
  • decode(): replace the sequential replacements with one escape-aware pass handling \\, \", \n, \r, \t per gettext conventions (unknown escapes pass through unchanged).
  • load(): use an explicit escape-aware quoted-string token ("(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*") for context, msgid and msgstr sections, with lazy inter-string whitespace so a message block cannot consume the separator required by the following entry.

Tests

New round-trip test in tests/framework/i18n/GettextPoFileTest.php: save/load of messages containing mid-string and trailing backslashes, quotes, newlines and combined cases; expectations in the existing testLoad updated where the fixture asserted the old incorrect decoding of \\n.

encode() did not escape backslashes, so a message ending in a backslash
produced a msgstr line where the closing quote became part of an escape
sequence. On re-parse the unterminated string swallowed following
entries, corrupting the catalog.

decode() unescaped \n, \r, \t and \" as independent sequential
replacements without honoring escaped backslashes, so \\n decoded to a
stray backslash plus a newline instead of a literal backslash followed
by 'n'. Replace it with a single escape-aware pass that handles \\,
\", \n, \r and \t per the gettext conventions.

The load() extraction pattern used .* with a single-backslash lookbehind
before closing quotes, which cannot parse strings whose last character
is an escaped backslash (the real closing quote looks escaped). Use an
explicit escape-aware quoted-string token instead, and make
inter-string whitespace lazy so a message block cannot consume the
separator required by the next entry.
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framework/i18n/GettextPoFile.php (1)

21-27: LGTM!

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved handling of escaped quotes and backslashes in translation files.
    • Fixed decoding of multiline translation strings while preserving unknown escape sequences.
    • Improved reliability when saving and reloading translations containing special characters, including quotes, backslashes, and line breaks.
    • Prevented malformed quoted strings from disrupting subsequent translation entries.

Walkthrough

Gettext PO parsing now handles escaped quoted strings. Encoding escapes backslashes and special characters. Decoding joins multiline fragments and preserves unknown escapes. Tests cover round trips and malformed input recovery.

Changes

Gettext PO escaping

Layer / File(s) Summary
PO parsing and escape handling
framework/i18n/GettextPoFile.php, framework/CHANGELOG.md
load() recognizes escaped quoted strings. encode() escapes backslashes and other special characters. decode() joins multiline fragments and preserves unknown escapes. The changelog records the fix.
Round-trip coverage
tests/framework/i18n/GettextPoFile.php
Tests cover escaped contexts, special-character round trips, and recovery after malformed quoted strings.

Poem

A rabbit packs backslashes tight,
Quotes pass safely through the night.
Newlines hop from line to line,
Unknown escapes stay in time.
Round-trip strings return just fine.

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to cbe6d

The PR updates PO-file escaping and parsing with accompanying tests; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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In `@framework/i18n/GettextPoFile.php`:
- Line 30: The GettextPoFile load/save flow handles msgctxt inconsistently:
decode the captured context in load() as a quoted PO string while preserving ''
when no context exists, and apply encode() to contexts in save() so PO escaping
remains valid.

In `@tests/framework/i18n/GettextPoFileTest.php`:
- Around line 117-123: Update the round-trip test’s $context value to include an
escapable backslash or quote, then pass that same decoded context to load() so
context escaping and matching are exercised.
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Thanks for the fix. I found three correctness issues that should be addressed before merging; details are included inline.

Additionally, please add the corresponding entry to framework/CHANGELOG.md.

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