Problem is, John just said "web application" so it's a bit hard to give a platform specific answer which is why I have an ASP answer and Gary a PHP answer.....still both should point in th right direction.
Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan Sent: 5 August 2009 09:08 To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Web question Gary Your getting as bad as me answering a Delphi question with "in PHP" :-) I'm sure there is a web library function for Delphi to achieve the same Neven > [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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
