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I've just started using CI a few days ago and have already managed to create a fairly robust database driven webapp, at least considering how new I am.
So for my very first CI problem (how exciting!):
Inputting the title "X&Y" into my database results in "X&Y;".
If I type in "X&YY" it does the same, and I get "X&YY;".
So I managed to figure out that if I have no whitespace on either side of the ampersand, it will always add a semicolon to the end of the string. So, "X & Y" would turn out fine.
Also, if I type "X& amp ;Y" (remove the spaces) into my input field, it adds just fine as well.
So I assume CI tries to escape this by automatically ending a string with a semicolon if it contains an ampersand with no whitespace? How do I stop this behavior? Why isn't just converting ampersands to their HTML entities?
I apologize if this isn't even a CodeIgniter problem, and I do admit it's a pretty noobish question to be asking, but any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
EDIT: I actually had to jump through a hoop just to get this posting right!!!
It was automatically adding the semi-colons to my first examples! To fake it I had to type out the HTML entities myself!
EDIT2: Try typing it out for yourself! I just had to edit this post 10 times to get it displaying correctly.
EDIT3: I guess this is now officially a bug report. CI should not be doing this to input.
