ceo@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Rule #1.
Never, ever, ever, alter the user's input, EXCEPT for sanitizing/filtering.
Specifically, do NOT add <br /> tags in place of newlines.
Store the newlines.
Upon OUTPUT, you can use nl2br() to get <br /> tags.
Or str_replace if you want </p> instead.
This is crucial as a habit, down the road, when you later want to put their stuff out as non-HTML such as RSS or PDF or other output mechanisms.
Consider their input as sacrosanct (except for dangerous/evil input)
How do you suggest dealing with a need to allow italics, bold,
underlines, etc?
I see forum web sites that allow the user to enter [b]bold text[/b] for
example.
I would like to do this.
Anyone have a function to convert this kind of thing to HTML?
Stephen
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