From 4f555079a6d85abd11403c72b9dbaa8823dc2e6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrey Andreev Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 17:21:55 +0200 Subject: [ci skip] Deprecate prep_for_form() in Form_validation --- user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst | 1 + user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_306.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst | 8 ++++---- 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'user_guide_src/source') diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst index de488a995..e88b68f85 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released - General Changes - Added a destructor to :doc:`Cache Library ` 'memcached' driver to ensure that Memcache(d) connections are properly closed. + - Deprecated :doc:`Form Validation Library ` method ``prep_for_form()``. Bug fixes for 3.0.6 ------------------- diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_306.rst b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_306.rst index e9c4bdd79..f6d2f13d4 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_306.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_306.rst @@ -12,3 +12,22 @@ Replace all files and directories in your *system/* directory. .. note:: If you have any custom developed files in these directories, please make copies of them first. + +Step 2: Remove 'prep_for_form' usage (deprecation) +================================================== + +The :doc:`Form Validation Library <../libraries/form_validation>` has a +``prep_for_form()`` method, which is/can also be used as a rule in +``set_rules()`` to automatically perform HTML encoding on input data. + +Automatically encoding input (instead of output) data is a bad practice in +the first place, and CodeIgniter and PHP itself offer other alternatives +to this method anyway. +For example, :doc:`Form Helper <../helpers/form_helper>` functions will +automatically perform HTML escaping when necessary. + +Therefore, the *prep_for_form* method/rule is pretty much useless and is now +deprecated and scheduled for removal in 3.1+. + +.. note:: The method is still available, but you're strongly encouraged to + remove its usage sooner rather than later. diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst index 9189d082e..44adfd715 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst @@ -1007,14 +1007,14 @@ Prepping Reference The following is a list of all the prepping methods that are available to use: -==================== ========= ======================================================================================================= +==================== ========= ============================================================================================================== Name Parameter Description -==================== ========= ======================================================================================================= -**prep_for_form** No Converts special characters so that HTML data can be shown in a form field without breaking it. +==================== ========= ============================================================================================================== +**prep_for_form** No DEPRECATED: Converts special characters so that HTML data can be shown in a form field without breaking it. **prep_url** No Adds "\http://" to URLs if missing. **strip_image_tags** No Strips the HTML from image tags leaving the raw URL. **encode_php_tags** No Converts PHP tags to entities. -==================== ========= ======================================================================================================= +==================== ========= ============================================================================================================== .. note:: You can also use any native PHP functions that permits one parameter, like ``trim()``, ``htmlspecialchars()``, ``urldecode()``, -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b