Fix issue #1953 (form values being escaped twice)

Re-instaing an improved form_prep() function, reverting most of the changes from 74ffd17ab06327ca62ddfe28a186cae7ba6bd459.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
index 015bf1162..02a758694 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
@@ -463,6 +463,26 @@ the tag. For example
 	echo form_close($string);
 	// Would produce:  </form> </div></div>
 
+form_prep()
+===========
+
+Allows you to safely use HTML and characters such as quotes within form
+elements without breaking out of the form. Consider this example
+::
+
+	$string = 'Here is a string containing "quoted" text.';
+	<input type="text" name="myform" value="$string" />
+
+Since the above string contains a set of quotes it will cause the form
+to break. The ``form_prep()`` function converts HTML so that it can be used
+safely::
+
+	<input type="text" name="myform" value="<?php echo form_prep($string); ?>" />
+
+.. note:: If you use any of the form helper functions listed in this page the form
+	values will be prepped automatically, so there is no need to call this
+	function. Use it only if you are creating your own form elements.
+
 set_value()
 ===========
 
@@ -523,26 +543,4 @@ This function is identical to the **set_checkbox()** function above.
 .. note:: If you are using the Form Validation class, you must always specify a rule for your field,
 	even if empty, in order for the set_*() functions to work. This is because if a Form Validation object
 	is defined, the control for set_*() is handed over to a method of the class instead of the generic helper
-	function.
-
-Escaping field values
-=====================
-
-You may need to use HTML and characters such as quotes within form
-elements. In order to do that safely, you'll need to use
-:doc:`common function <../general/common_functions>` ``html_escape()``.
-
-Consider the following example::
-
-	$string = 'Here is a string containing "quoted" text.';
-	<input type="text" name="myform" value="$string" />
-
-Since the above string contains a set of quotes it will cause the form
-to break. The ``html_escape()`` function converts HTML so that it can be
-used safely::
-
-	<input type="text" name="myform" value="<?php echo html_escape($string); ?>" />
-
-.. note:: If you use any of the form helper functions listed in this page, the form
-	values will be prepped automatically, so there is no need to call this
-	function. Use it only if you are creating your own form elements.
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+	function.
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