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+<?php
+/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2016 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
+
+namespace Tests\Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Regression;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../application/views/helpers/PluginOutput.php';
+
+use Icinga\Test\BaseTestCase;
+use Zend_View_Helper_PluginOutput;
+
+/**
+ * Regression-Test for bug #11796
+ *
+ * Plugin output renderer must not destroy links by adding zero width space characters.
+ *
+ * @see https://dev.icinga.org/issues/11796
+ */
+class Bug11796Test extends BaseTestCase
+{
+    public function testWhetherZeroWidthSpaceDoesntDestroyLinksInPluginOutput()
+    {
+        $helper = new Zend_View_Helper_PluginOutput();
+        $this->assertTrue(
+            strpos($helper->pluginOutput('<a href="http://example.com">EXAMPLE.COM', true), 'example.com') !== false
+        );
+    }
+}