Chronoforms adds / before every "

High,

I am using chronoforms 2.2.1 on joomla 1.5 rc1.
I tried to create a sample form, but as soon as I save the html form content,
Chronoforms adds '/' infront of every '"'.

Reinstalled chronoforms - still same issue.

thanks,
Mario

Hi Mario,

I don't see that. I have the same set up (with Legacy: 1.0) and my simple test form looks OK. The code is

Name: <input name="name" value="" type="text"><br />
E-mail: <input name="email" value="" type="text"><br />
<input name="submit" value="Submit" type="submit">

and the form looks fine - there are no extra '/'s.

Bob

Hi Bob,

just tried it again,
and as soon as I save my form, the html area is converted to:

Name: <input name=\"name\" value=\"\" type=\"text\"><br />
E-mail: <input name=\"email\" value=\"\" type=\"text\"><br />
<input name=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" type=\"submit\">

That will happen every time I save. So if i log in and save another time it will look like that:

Name: <input name=\\\"name\\\" value=\\\"\\\" type=\\\"text\\\"><br />
E-mail: <input name=\\\"email\\\" value=\\\"\\\" type=\\\"text\\\"><br />
<input name=\\\"submit\\\" value=\\\"Submit\\\" type=\\\"submit\\\">

and so on.

Let me explain what I did.
I downloaded the latest chronoforms 2.2.1, exchanged the xml file and installed it.
Created a new form, only with a form name, no other options, and pasted the html code in the text-field.

Even tried it on a fresh rc1 install.

**EDIT**

Just tried the other textfields under "form Code" - they are all effected of this problem. At least on my site:(

And it actually puts a / infront of every ' as well.

Post edited by: mariokrupik, at: 2007/07/26 16:31<br><br>Post edited by: mariokrupik, at: 2007/07/26 17:09

HI again,

because you said that you can`t reproduce the error, I tried it on my online Server of Site5 - same Problem.

Did you do any other changes to chronoforms, except for the change of the installfile tag in the xml file?

Hi Mario,

I've no idea why this is happening for you and not for me. What are your 'Relevant PHP Settings' in Joomla Admin Info??

As far as I can make out ChronoForms is using the standard Joomla 'store' function to write to the database and somewhere in the depths of the Joomla code the mysqli_real_escape_string function is escaping the stored text.

I wonder if the problem is with the database read, not with the store. I'll go and dig some more.

Bob

Hi Mario,

At the same server, do you have a joomla 1 install with latest ChronoForms ? does this problem happen there ?


Max

Hi Max,

just installed a fresh copy of joomla 1.0.13 and installed the latest chronoforms, - works fluently.
Then I grabbed a fresh RC1 from joomlacode, installed it, installed a freshly patched chronoforms - and it doesn`t work. Same Problem!

Here is my server info from the local server:
PHP Built on: Windows NT HPPAVILION 5.1 build 2600
Database Version: 5.0.21-community-nt
Database Collation: utf8_general_ci
PHP Version: 5.1.4
Web Server: Apache/2.2.2 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.1.4
Web Server to PHP interface: apache2handler
Joomla! Version: Joomla! 1.5.0 Production/Stable [ Mapya ] 21-July-2007 15:00 GMT
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.1.5) Gecko/20070713 Firefox/2.0.0.5

Thanks very much Mario, Thats Ok, Please give me few days to test and get the 1st non legacy mode ChronoForms for Joomla 1.5, right now Iam working to get V2.3 alive then will make it J1.5 ready! I wish all this will be as soon as the weekend.

Sincerely,

Max

thanks for your hard work,

mario

Hi Mario,

Did you do any other changes to chronoforms, except for the change of the installfile tag in the xml file?

Not as far as I remember, I downloaded a fresh copy and installed and uninstalled several times when we were looking at the xml file problem.

Except for the ssl mods on your webserver my set up is nearly identical to yours (I have MySQL 5.0.22).

My PHP settings are:
Safe Mode: Off
Open basedir: None
Display Errors: Off
Short Open Tags: On
File Uploads: On
Magic Quotes: Off
Register Globals: Off
Output Buffering: Off
Session Save Path: one
Session Auto Start: 0
XML Enabled: Yes
Zlib Enabled: Yes
Disabled Functions: None
Mbstring Enabled: No
Iconv Available: Yes
WYSIWYG Editor: Editor - No Editor

Do you have Magic Quotes 'On' by any chance?

Bob

Hi Bob,

I would like so much to kiss you right now,:sick: , ahh better not.
But Hey, as you gussed it was the Magic quotes problem, after 20 minutes messing around my wampp installation, I finally found out how to turn them off.
And now it`s working!!

Now i will only have to check, if there is any way to turn off magic quotes on my production server.

thanks again,

mario

I'm also having this problem.
I have tried turning off editor in Joomla settings but that did not help. Am now trawling through other PHP configuration strings in Joomla and on my web-hosting control panel.

Hi giovanni,

Are you using Joomla 1.0.x or the 1.5RC (like Mario)?

You can check your magic quotes setting by going to Adminstrator | System | System Info - if Magic Quotes are OFF you get a big red warning at the top of the page. If they are ON, then check the third entry under 'Relevant PHP Settings'.

Although you get the big red warning with them OFF, this is the better and safer setting. See the PHP Manual for more info.

Bob<br><br>Post edited by: GreyHead, at: 2007/08/03 12:10

Thanks Bob, yes I am a 1.5 user.

I am discussing with my client's web hosting service how to adjust those settings. The control panel they provide gives me access to a very limited subset of php settings.

thanks again for your help.
Best, Giovanni