WYSIWYG editor truncates content

[renep]

In the WYSIWYG-editor of vB 3.6.4 in IE7 on XP, when I type a line with a hyperlink between double quotes:

abcdefghij "test"

it's truncated on Save to:

abcdefghij "

The hyperlinked text and the final quote disappeared

This started happening last week or so, while I haven't changed anything to my vB software or configuration in months. Could this be caused by an update of IE or something like that

[Steve Machol]

To troubleshoot this, first reupload all the original vB non-image files (except install.php). Make sure you upload these in ASCII format and overwrite the ones on the server. Also be sure to upload the admincp files to whichever directory you have set in your config.php file. Then run 'Suspect File Versions' in Diagnostics to make sure you have all the original files for your version:

Admin CP -> Maintenance -> Diagnostics -> Suspect File Versions

[Note: In some cases you may also need to remove any of the listed .xml files in the includes/xml directory.]

Next, disable all plugins.

Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

Then if you still have this problem, create a new style and choose no parent style. This will force it to use the default templates. Finally empty your browser cache, close all browser windows then try again. Make sure you change to the new style and view your forums with it. Do you have the same problem?

[Steve Machol]

I have been told this is a bug in Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=422567

Is that what you are running?

[renep]

Yes, I am using Debian Etch and I'm indeed using the affected version of the PHP package. It seems I'll have to fix this in Debian's PHP. Thank you very much Steve.

[renep]

For the record, the problem was introduced in Debian Etch package php5-etch3 and is fixed in php5-etch5, which is not released yet.

I installed the 'preview' by temporarily adding this to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb [URL]http://ftp.debian.org/debian/[/URL] etch-proposed-updates main

Then I ran the usual:

 
aptitude update && aptitude upgrade

This fixed the problem Use at own risk, of course.

[renep]

fixed in php5-etch5, which is not released yet.

The problem is now fixed in the regular Debian updates. Run the usual:

aptitude update && aptitude upgrade

And check the php version in vBulletin's admincp. You should see: 5.2.0-8+etch7 (or newer). The problem is fixed in this update.

[epic1]

This fixed it for us!