Fixing the Code Tags

[sidki3003]

Can the forum [code] tags be adjusted to not render entities like • or   ?

An example snippet is attached.

[JJoe]

I found the why, http://community.mybb.com/thread-788-pos...ml#pid5359

Chris Boulton Wrote:The reason behind this is so we can support unicode messages on the forum..

and http://community.mybb.com/thread-51095-p...#pid358919

Ryan Gordon Wrote:number entities are parsed by the MyBB parser -   and others aren't parsed

I think he means decimal code,

Code:

•

.

So for a work around we should be able to use html entities or hex.

Code:

• and •

Same page may have a fix.

Hmmm. The work around might be a better choice. Your filters do get posted on other forums.

[whenever]

(Jul. 18, 2010 10:12 PM)JJoe Wrote:  and http://community.mybb.com/thread-51095-p...#pid358919

It seems that patch should could fix the issue. Maybe Kye-U forgot to apply it after upgraded to newer version?

[sidki3003]

Hopefully

(Jul. 18, 2010 10:12 PM)JJoe Wrote:  So for a work around we should be able to use html entities or hex.

Code:

• and •

Same page may have a fix.

Hmmm. The work around might be a better choice. Your filters do get posted on other forums.

Modifying the filters to work around a MyBB bug appears a little... uhm... off the road to me.
(IIRC other forum software packages had differing bugs.)

Besides, the filters' entity notation isn't arbitrary. For instance, named entities break XHTML.

[Kye-U]

(Jul. 19, 2010 10:10 AM)whenever Wrote:  

(Jul. 18, 2010 10:12 PM)JJoe Wrote:  and http://community.mybb.com/thread-51095-p...#pid358919

It seems that patch should could fix the issue. Maybe Kye-U forgot to apply it after upgraded to newer version?

Hello!

You are correct, I applied the RSS/ATOM patch but forgot about the Code tag issue. I'll add it and test it using the snippet Sidki provided.

EDIT: Applied. Test:

Code:

Replace = "\9<span class=\0Pr0x&#x20;Pr0xCntS\0 style=\0display:$GET(displayD)\0>"
          "&#8226;&#160;SiteSpec-\1\2: \3 \4</span>$GET(sAdKeyR)\5"

Sorry for the inconvenience everyone! I will make note to do the manual patch next time there's a forum update.

[whenever]

http://prxbx.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=143 is not readable now. I think it is related to the code tag patch.

[Kye-U]

Seems like all of the older posts (made in 2004) are impacted (since they were imported and salvaged from the various forum software we used before (such as Invision)). As of right now I'm not sure what I can do, maybe I'll have to export all impacted posts, process them (convert the unicode values), and then re-import them back. Thanks for the post!

[whenever]

(Dec. 23, 2010 08:38 AM)Kye-U Wrote:  Seems like all of the older posts (made in 2004) are impacted (since they were imported and salvaged from the various forum software we used before (such as Invision)).

I had a copy of that page, which was saved in year 2008 and it looks normally.

The forum software at that time was the same as what is used now, I think.