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369           if ( !function_exists('lowercase_octets') ) {
370                function lowercase_octets($matches) {
371                     return strtolower( $matches[0] );
372                }
373           }
374           $requested_url = preg_replace_callback('|%[a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]|', 'lowercase_octets', $requested_url);
375      }
376
377      // Note that you can use the "redirect_canonical" filter to cancel a canonical redirect for whatever reason by returning FALSE
378      $redirect_url = apply_filters('redirect_canonical', $redirect_url, $requested_url);
379
380      if ( !$redirect_url || $redirect_url == $requested_url ) // yes, again -- in case the filter aborted the request
381           return false;
382
383      if ( $do_redirect ) {
384           // protect against chained redirects
385           if ( !redirect_canonical($redirect_url, false) ) {
386                wp_redirect($redirect_url, 301);
387                exit();