[Forum] Problem with edit option : empty window !

[respublica]

Hello,

I'm having a very strange problem when I want to edit a thread. When the thread is quite long (more than 30-40 characters) it seems it doesn't really save the thread since when I use EDIT option, the edit window is empty whereas the thread exists. There is no problem with shorter posts, I can edit them...

So, everything works as it should (edit goes through), but for some reason when you click Edit, the post text doesn't show up.

I'm using vb 4.2 and the problem already happened with default style... I'm trying to resolve the problem since hours... please help.

[Amaury]

Can you provide a screenshot of the issue and a link to your forum?

[respublica]

Hi Amaury,
a screenshot wouldn't help, it's just the editor box which is empty, whereas the thread I try to edit isn't, maybe a database problem? Btw I had warnings when I installed vb about strict standards. I turned the warnings off in init.php (@ini_set('display_errors', false) to proceed installation, but i don't think there's a link with my issue, i tried right know to show errors back, no changes... any idea?

[Amaury]

Hi Amaury,
a screenshot wouldn't help, it's just the editor box which is empty, whereas the thread I try to edit isn't, maybe a database problem? Btw I had warnings when I installed vb about strict standards. I turned the warnings off in init.php (@ini_set('display_errors', false) to proceed installation, but i don't think there's a link with my issue... any idea?

Not a link to your issue, a link to your forum.

[respublica]

i sent you id in private since the forum is close to users till now

[Amaury]

Alright, I see the problem. Everything works as it should (edit goes through), but for some reason when you click Edit, the post text doesn't show up.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure what the problem could be, so I'd wait for a support staff to respond and send them a PM with that login information.

[respublica]

okay thanks. I tried to check everywhere on forums before posting my problem to see similar cases but i didn't find anything

[Merjawy]

Could be template issue, but first:
Make sure all plugins/products disabled and also use default (unedited) style
You can create a new style by clicking Add New Style, make sure it has no parent.

[respublica]

Hello,

I tried but it still doesn't work... I disabled plugins/products and use defaut, then create a new style with no parent, but when I click Edit, the post text still doesn't show up. It's very strange because it's not for all threads... Please help

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I changed the forum database for a new one and the problem still remains ! any idea ?

[wolfey]

Same issue, it has been discussed, unfortunately VB doesnt support 5.4 so there is no real solution at this point.

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...sts-or-threads!

[respublica]

Thanks !

Problem resolved, the solution was:

Originally Posted by Thunderbird Looking at the CKEditor site, it appears that a change in the default encoding of htmlspecialchars() (from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8) causes the editor to throw a blank box in some instances. Peachy.

I fixed it on my board by the following change to /vb/ckeditor.php

Line 507:
htmlspecialchars($value)

Changed to

htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401, "ISO-8859-1")