[Reply] HI all,
And with PHP just use the htmlentities() function on the incoming text. cheers Gary At 20:58 on 4/08/2009 you wrote >To : [email protected] >CC : >From: Jeremy Coulter, [email protected] >Content Type: text/html >Attached: > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > > >This is a fairly common issue. Fortunutly the answer is res. straight >forward. >I am not sure what language you are using, but using VBScript in an ASP page >you would use Server.HTMLEncode(yourtext) when you save it, then you the >following function to decode it when you want to display the data. >I am sure there are a few other ways to do it, but I know I have used >before. > >Jeremy > > >Function HTMLDecode(sText) > > Dim I > > sText = Replace(sText, """, Chr(34)) > > sText = Replace(sText, "<" , Chr(60)) > > sText = Replace(sText, ">" , Chr(62)) > > sText = Replace(sText, "&" , Chr(38)) > > sText = Replace(sText, " ", Chr(32)) > > For I = 1 to 255 > > sText = Replace(sText, "&#" & I & ";", Chr(I)) > > Next > > HTMLDecode = sText > >End Function > > _____ > >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PDS - John >Sent: 4 August 2009 20:34 >To: [email protected] >Subject: [DUG-Offtopic] Web question > > > >Hi > > > >I have a web application where people can submit questions. A smart "IT - >joker" could enter the text "</table>" screwing the whole page:( > >What can I do to prevent this "unwanted feature" and just showing the text >as such? > > > >John C > > > >_______________________________________________ >NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list >Post: [email protected] >Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic >Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >Subject: unsubscribe Ref#: 41006
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