[Catalyst] html escaping question

Ian Docherty catalyst at iandocherty.com
Wed Mar 21 14:03:01 GMT 2007


Mario Minati wrote:
> <snip>
> I am Carl. 
> But how can I circumvent this. Actually it's not a clever question.
> Is it usefull to circumvent that.
>
> My current problem:
> As the part of my project I am working on at moment deals with companies I 
> have to deal with "GmbH & Co. KG" which is a quite popular type of company in 
> Germany.
>
> If a users types that in a form field everything is fine until it comes to 
> editing. The string is escaped - of course. But the user is confused when he 
> sees "GmbH &amp; Co. KG".
>
> How to go about that?
>
> Greets,
> Mario Minati
>   
Check at which point the escaping is being done. Is it in your database 
un-escaped for example?

Regards
Ian C. Docherty (icydee)



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