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Old 11-10-2008, 08:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Backslashes are removed
If I use backslashes the preview shows them correctly but when viewing the topic they are removed.

Test (Backslash): \
Test (Two Backslashes): \\
Test (Backslash surrounded by square brackets): [\]
Test (Two Backslashes surrounded by square brackets): [\\]

Backslashes are not removed by this forum ;-)

But they're removed here (for example): http://hfrmobile.21.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=41

Exists there a setting in administration panel!?
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Old 11-12-2008, 10:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I can't see a problem regarding back slashes in that thread. Maybe you could highlight the part specifically.

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Old 11-22-2008, 08:58 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I can't see a problem regarding back slashes in that thread. Maybe you could highlight the part specifically.
You can't see the backslashes because there are removed!

e.g.
http://hfrmobile.21.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=41 second post:

Second post contains:
Code:
rcmd del /Windows/filetodelete.ext

Since the backslashes are removed I used slashes instead!!

If I use backslashes I'll expect:
Code:
rcmd del \Windows\filetodelete.ext

But the result in that post would be:
Code:
rcmd del Windows filetodelete.ext
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Old 11-22-2008, 09:09 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Ah OK, well I tested it on the test board, and it did not work. I will fill out a report for you.

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Old 11-25-2008, 08:08 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Ah OK, well I tested it on the test board, and it did not work. I will fill out a report for you.
Thank you!
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Old 07-15-2009, 12:37 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Ah OK, well I tested it on the test board, and it did not work. I will fill out a report for you.
The problem still occurs.

Info: In "Preview" the backslashes are visible(!) but in the post they disappear so often I forget this issue and the post look likes this:
http://hfrmobile.21.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=52

So the preview is different from the result I get ...

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[HKCUSoftwareHfrSoftRosebud] --> [HKCU\Software\HfrSoft\Rosebud]
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Old 07-15-2009, 12:57 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Backslashes are removed
The backslash is an escape character & a trigger character for actions such as new line, escaping quotes & other coding functions. This is probably why they are removed, so people don't abuse them in posting text. My guess is that there is no easy fix for this, & it probably won't be fixed or even fixable.

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Old 07-15-2009, 06:44 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: Backslashes are removed
It is true that backslash is an escape character in PHP language but this is only a partial cause of this BUG.

The real reason is that once upon a time (2-3 years ago) there was a bug in official phpBB script called "quote bug". It was fixed by Forumer even before the official phpBB version has been fixed. But when finally the official fix has been released, and Forumer updated the scripts to the current version, the first fix hasn't been removed and is causing backslashes to disappear.

I have already sent the fix numerous times to some of the staff members (including Limes), so I'm really sorry to hear that it still hasn't been fixed.

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Old 08-18-2009, 09:11 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: Backslashes are removed
hfr,

there is another way enter backslash >
PHP Code:
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I mentioned it to my coder and he said that it may be used for some vulnerability like we had in past some codes here and there.

Also these are affected by the magic quotes server side settings.

Tuitam, I tried to apply your fix you sent me, but it didn't seem to match with current version of phpbb2.
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Old 11-03-2009, 02:43 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Thank you for the workaround, it works!

But still hope that this issue will be fixed in the future ;-) Since a lot of other forum software (based on PHP) also works ...

Also two backslashes does not work at my forum (http://hfrmobile.21.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=99): \\ (but works here) ;-)
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Better late than never, fixing a trivial problem.

Also, this is vBulletin.

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Thank you for the workaround, it works!

But still hope that this issue will be fixed in the future ;-)
It won't, this is how you can post them....

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this is horribly un useful.
I run C++ coding forum and we have to show such symbols. Also I had problems (not solved yet) with slash then zero. As you know this is important combination in C++ . Do you have any solution for this?
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Old 11-20-2009, 02:12 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Better late than never, fixing a trivial problem.

Also, this is vBulletin.
Yes please!!

I just recognized that the HTML-Code \ workaround only works one time! If editing a post then it is translated back to normal backslash .....

BTW, the preview works with a normal \ ....
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