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185           $redirect_url .= $redirect['path'];
186           if ( $redirect['query'] )
187                $redirect_url .= '?' . $redirect['query'];
188      }
189
190      if ( !$redirect_url || $redirect_url == $requested_url )
191            return false;
192
193      // Note that you can use the "redirect_canonical" filter to cancel a canonical redirect for whatever reason by returning FALSE
194      $redirect_url = apply_filters('redirect_canonical', $redirect_url, $requested_url);
195
196      if ( !$redirect_url || $redirect_url == $requested_url ) // yes, again -- in case the filter aborted the request
197            return false;
198
199      if ( $do_redirect ) {
200           // protect against chained redirects
201           if ( !redirect_canonical($redirect_url, false) ) {
202                wp_redirect($redirect_url, 301);
203                exit();