Having a problem with my db and CodeIgniter

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Having a problem with my db and CodeIgniter - HFSVBC - 12-19-2017

Hi, I have a general text area field where clients write some text to be saved to the DB (MySQL). I have tried everything but it seems that PHP (or CodeIgniter not sure there) is converting '% de' into '\xDE' and the db is not being able to save the data. I have tried doing a manual update through PHPMyAdmin and it saves without a problem. Here is my db config:

Code:
'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',

    'dbprefix' => '',

    'pconnect' => TRUE,

    'db_debug' => (ENVIRONMENT !== 'production'),

    'cache_on' => FALSE,

    'cachedir' => '',

    'char_set' => 'utf8',

    'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',

    'swap_pre' => '',

    'encrypt' => FALSE,

    'compress' => FALSE,

    'stricton' => FALSE,

    'failover' => array(),

    'save_queries' => TRUE

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks Smile

RE: Having a problem with my db and CodeIgniter - Narf - 12-20-2017

Turn Off global_xss_filtering and/or stop using XSS filters on data that you save to a database. XSS escaping should be performed on OUTPUT, not input.