Greetings,
I've been fighting with user-input and special characters for days now,
I'm starting to get really frustrated.
Here's the scenario:
1. User enters data into a textarea field. This will usually contain
several special characters (?/{}[]|\">[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&*,>
&*,<>?/{}[]|\-_+)(^)
2. I use URLEncodedFormat before sticking the data in my database table,
so I'm storing encoded data
3. I use URLDecode when retrieving the data into an HTML page to show
the data entered.
Here's the problem:
Data that begins with a special character doesn't display. Data that is
surrounded by " marks doesn't display
For example:
"This" line won't display in HTML
This line $ will display in HTML
This line "will not" display in HTML
$This line will not display in HTML
If I use HTMLEditFormat() I still can't see the items surrounded by "
marks and it also displays the URLEncodedFormat information so space =
%20 on screen in the HTML page.
How do I overcome this issue?
Thanks,
Joshua Miller
Head Programmer / IT Manager
Garrison Enterprises Inc.
www.garrisonenterprises.net <http://www.garrisonenterprises.net/>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(704) 569-9044 ext. 254
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