HTML in Category Field and Description Field(NOT A BUG)

[Steve_C]

We use to be able to add HTML within the Category Name and Description Fields but now it does not work in 5.12. It converts the <A HREF= into &lt;A href=&quot;

Why?

[Chuck S]

I am able to enter html in my 5.13 cat description field and it displays. You sure you have uploaded all the new files and an old file is not lingering.

I have tested on 3 installs and all 3 render the html image fine

[Steve_C]

Well, you tested on 5.13, we had 5.12. I'll upload the updated files and see what happens...

[Steve_C]

This is still happening... I added, "M&M" and it turned it into: "M&amp;M".

[Chuck S]

Interesting it should parse correctly

$catdesc = htmlentities( $catdesc );

If I enter something like this in the cat description

<img src="http://www.masna.org/images/newlogo-web-sm-w.jpg" alt="" />

It is shown as this above in the cat description box in adm-cats script

On the index page it is shown as an image

So have you tried something like this?

what shows on your index page

[Steve_C]

that displays as it should. Seems to be just a few odd characters such as:

é

&

[Chuck S]

well I dont know about special foreign characters how they are treated

You can try changing the $catdesc line to this

$catdesc = htmlspecialchars( $catdesc );

Testing as I did above everything shows fine.

[Steve_C]

What file is that in?

[Chuck S]

adm-cats.php