Problem when inserting special characters into input-fields, resulting in blank $this->input->get_post("title")

[bcit-ci]

Problem when inserting special characters into input-fields, resulting in blank $this->input->get_post("title")

[karlshea]

I can confirm this issue. MAMP 1.9.5 and PHP 5.3.5.

The problem is that iconv doesn't work right in PHP in this version of MAMP. So, not really a CI bug as much as a problem with the environment. Took me lots of hours to track this down yesterday and today.

[derekjones]

Yeah, MAMP did a number with iconv. Its quirks compared to a realistic production environment is one of the reasons I do not use it.

[kenjis]

iconv is buggy, isn't it? How about using mbstring first?

[derekjones]

Multibyte string functions aren't enabled in many PHP environments, and the iconv solution to provide clean utf-8 has been in use for many years by many applications and frameworks.

[JonathanMH]

Is this issue still present in MAMP 2.0.1? I kind of get the same error, will try it out on my server now.

[JonathanMH]

I can confirm this issue in MAMP 2.0.1. It works fine on PHP Version 5.2.4-2 ubuntu linux 2.6.18-028stab092

[bhj]

This is fixed in MAMP 2.0.2 and later.