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-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst9
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst17
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst4
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_320.rst1
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index b6ef1db95..2dcb0b1af 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Removed previously deprecated :doc:`HTML Helper <helpers/html_helper>` functions ``br()`` and ``nbs()`` (use PHP's native ``str_repeat()`` with ``'<br />'`` and ``'&nbsp;'`` respectively).
- Removed previously deprecated :doc:`String Helper <helpers/string_helper>` functions ``trim_slashes()`` and ``repeater()`` (use PHP's native ``trim()`` with ``'/'`` and ``str_repeat()`` respectively).
- Removed previously deprecated :doc:`File Helper <helpers/file_helper>` function ``read_file()`` (use PHP's native ``file_get_contents()`` instead).
+ - Removed previously deprecated :doc:`Form Helper <helpers/form_helper>` function ``form_prep()`` (use :php:func:`html_escape()` instead).
- Removed previously deprecated *Email Helper* (had only two functions, aliases for PHP's native ``filter_var()`` and ``mail()``).
- Libraries
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ Release Date: March 30, 2015
- :doc:`Form Helper <helpers/form_helper>` changes include:
- :php:func:`form_dropdown()` will now also take an array for unity with other form helpers.
- - :php:func:`form_prep()` is now DEPRECATED and only acts as an alias for :doc:`common function <general/common_functions>` :php:func:`html_escape()`.
+ - ``form_prep()`` is now DEPRECATED and only acts as an alias for :doc:`common function <general/common_functions>` :php:func:`html_escape()`.
- :php:func:`set_value()` will now also accept a third argument, allowing to turn off HTML escaping of the value.
- :doc:`Security Helper <helpers/security_helper>` changes include:
@@ -1994,7 +1995,7 @@ Hg Tag: v1.7.2
- Modified form_hidden() in the :doc:`Form
helper <helpers/form_helper>` to accept multi-dimensional
arrays.
- - Modified form_prep() in the :doc:`Form
+ - Modified ``form_prep()`` in the :doc:`Form
helper <helpers/form_helper>` to keep track of prepped
fields to avoid multiple prep/mutation from subsequent calls which
can occur when using Form Validation and form helper functions to
@@ -2053,7 +2054,7 @@ Bug fixes for 1.7.2
- Fixed a case sensitive string replacement in xss_clean()
- Fixed a bug in form_textarea() where form data was not prepped
correctly.
-- Fixed a bug in form_prep() causing it to not preserve entities in
+- Fixed a bug in ``form_prep()`` causing it to not preserve entities in
the user's original input when called back into a form element
- Fixed a bug in _protect_identifiers() where the swap prefix
($swap_pre) was not being observed.
@@ -3142,7 +3143,7 @@ Release Date: October 30, 2006
- Fixed a bug in the validation class.
- Fixed a bug in the typography helper that was incorrectly wrapping
block level elements in paragraph tags.
-- Fixed a problem in the form_prep() function that was double encoding
+- Fixed a problem in the ``form_prep()`` function that was double encoding
entities.
- Fixed a bug that affects some versions of PHP when output buffering
is nested.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
index bc30a0e98..cf52cd523 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
@@ -724,20 +724,3 @@ The following functions are available:
<span class="error">The "password" field doesn't match the "repeat_password" field!</span>
*/
-
-.. php:function:: form_prep($str)
-
- :param string $str: Value to escape
- :returns: Escaped value
- :rtype: string
-
- Allows you to safely use HTML and characters such as quotes within form
- elements without breaking out of the form.
-
- .. 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.
-
- .. note:: This function is DEPRECATED and is just an alias for
- :doc:`common function <../general/common_functions>`
- :func:`html_escape()` - please use that instead.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst
index c7c2b948a..35f5621cd 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_300.rst
@@ -643,8 +643,8 @@ scheduled for removal in CodeIgniter 3.1+.
Form helper form_prep()
=======================
-:doc:`Form Helper <../helpers/form_helper>` function :php:func:`form_prep()`
-is now just an alias for :doc:`common function </general/common_functions>`
+:doc:`Form Helper <../helpers/form_helper>` function ``form_prep()`` is now
+just an alias for :doc:`common function </general/common_functions>`
:func:`html_escape()`. It is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
Please use :php:func:`html_escape()` instead.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_320.rst b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_320.rst
index 5cf2acd3b..6107d084b 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_320.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_320.rst
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ version 3.0.0, that have been removed in 3.2.0:
- ``trim_slashes()`` :doc:`String Helper <../helpers/string_helper>` function (use ``trim()`` with ``'/'`` instead)
- ``repeater()`` :doc:`String Helper <../helpers/string_helper>` function (use ``str_repeat()`` instead)
- ``read_file()`` :doc:`File Helper <../helpers/file_helper>` function (use ``file_get_contents()`` instead)
+- ``form_prep()`` :doc:`Form Helper <../helpers/form_helper>` function (use :php:func:`html_escape()` instead)
- The entire *Email Helper*, which only had two functions: