Type code in a ckeditor instance containing html. Note, don't style normal text, but type in the following plain text:
<br/><b>some text</b><table><tr><td>some table data</td></tr></table>
The submitted data is correct. The value of the submit is as follows:
<p>
<br/><b>some text</b><table><tr><td>some table data</td></tr></table></p>
This is where the problem lies. Populate a textarea with this data and instantiate a ckeditor on it.
<textarea cols="70" id="messageBody" style="width:805px" rows="8" name="messageBody" tabindex="2"><p>
<br/><b>some text</b><table><tr><td>some table data</td></tr></table></p>
</textarea>
Instead of seeing the typed text, you see a full html rendering of your typed text in the ckeditor field. "Some Text" is bold, and there is a table with a cell containing "some table data".
Expectation is that the editor should render the text "<br/><b>some text</b><table><tr><td>some table data</td></tr></table>" instead of html.
Am I missing something, or is this an error? This is important, as I allow people to preview their posts and I wish to use this editor. If they preview the post, and there is any typed code, it munges the data.
Thanks!
Christian Stone
<br/><b>some text</b><table><tr><td>some table data</td></tr></table>
The submitted data is correct. The value of the submit is as follows:
<p>
<br/><b>some text</b><table><tr><td>some table data</td></tr></table></p>
This is where the problem lies. Populate a textarea with this data and instantiate a ckeditor on it.
<textarea cols="70" id="messageBody" style="width:805px" rows="8" name="messageBody" tabindex="2"><p>
<br/><b>some text</b><table><tr><td>some table data</td></tr></table></p>
</textarea>
Instead of seeing the typed text, you see a full html rendering of your typed text in the ckeditor field. "Some Text" is bold, and there is a table with a cell containing "some table data".
Expectation is that the editor should render the text "<br/><b>some text</b><table><tr><td>some table data</td></tr></table>" instead of html.
Am I missing something, or is this an error? This is important, as I allow people to preview their posts and I wish to use this editor. If they preview the post, and there is any typed code, it munges the data.
Thanks!
Christian Stone
Re: CKEditor corrupts inital value data on textarea.
The best solution for you is to use the PHP integration as it will take care of properly encoding the data.