Thread: CP inserts slashes in front of apostrophes and quotes

CP inserts slashes in front of apostrophes and quotes

When an ad is submitted without completing all required fields, the text that was already entered gets distorted if it contains quotes or apostrophes (and maybe other characters I haven't checked)

For example, if the description field contains:

it get's turned into:

If the title field contains:

it gets turned into:

anyone else experiences this?

Re: CP inserts slashes in front of apostrophes and quotes

i've noticed weird stuff happening with apostrophes too. In email headers, and at paypal, as well as some other spots too.

Re: CP inserts slashes in front of apostrophes and quotes

yah, i've noticed this in the emails too

Re: CP inserts slashes in front of apostrophes and quotes

I'll be having a jobs section, and will allow job seekers to send resumes to employers, and allow employers to post jobs.

This raises the importance of fixing this slash-insertion bug, as human resources people and job seekers are generally very attentive to small details and will frown on website flaws such as this.

Re: CP inserts slashes in front of apostrophes and quotes

Hi,

Try to config wpclassipress to allow HTML in description.

The "slash thing" is normal in most websites that allow user contribution. Why? Because it is a security measure to prevent malware insertion like javascript code and so on that could damage your site and server.

You can always rectify that slashes from admin!

Antonio Almeida

Re: CP inserts slashes in front of apostrophes and quotes

This will be fixed in v2.9.3 or you can manually do it yourself.

edit post-form.php and any form values that you see like this:
should be wrapped with a stripslashes function like this: