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Dynamic Variables do not Handle Consecutive '\' Characters Properly

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Subject
Dynamic Variables do not Handle Consecutive '\' Characters Properly
Version
1.9.x
Category
  • Usability
Feature
Dynamic Variable
Resolution status
Fixed or Solved
Submitted by
it.tikiwiki
Lastmod by
lindon
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(0)
Description

When entering the backslash character twice in a Dynamic Variable's content, e.g. \\servername\share, Dynamic Variables act unpredictably:

  • You need to enter four '\' in order to get two '\' chars in the first occurrence of the DV. All other occurrences have all four '\'s
  • If there are more than one DVs with more than one '\' chars, upon updating one DV, 1/2 of all '\' chars will be lost in all the DVs on the page. E.g.:

DV name Stored Text Editable Displayed Text Non-editable Displayed Text Stored Text after saving ANY DV on the page.
%dv1% \\\\server1\share \\server1\share \\\\server1\share \\server1\share
%dv1% \\\\server2\\share \\server1\share \\\\server1\\share \\server2\share


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Solution

Fixed with commit 56595Question for Tiki 14.1 and backported to Tiki12.5

For previous versions, a possible workaround (at least when using share names 😉 is to use the front slash character, but obviously this isn't a one-size fits all workaround.

Importance
3
Priority
15
Demonstrate Bug on Tiki 19+
Demonstrate Bug (older Tiki versions)
Ticket ID
1704
Created
Thursday 17 April, 2008 20:08:07 UTC
by Unknown
LastModif
Saturday 31 October, 2015 18:42:34 UTC


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