This is simple to demonstrate...
The two snippets above are [I said] and [B good]. Despite the [I and [B not ending with ] or using lowecase, they are still interpreted as italic and bold text starting tags, turning everything after them accordingly until the [/i] closing tag is used (which I just did at the end of this sentence).
A workaround is to copy paste the zero-width space character between the [ and the following I or B (or similar for the literal closing tag strings), but that's a bit technical for the regular user and could be solved by matching only [i] and [b] in the forum code. If feasible, of course.
P.S. The effect above might be true for other tags I did not test, by the way.
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["BUG"] Questionable tag matching in the Forum code
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Re: ["BUG"] Questionable tag matching in the Forum code
I am not sure this is a bug. I think the bbcode parser treats anything after a space as a parameter to the bbcode itself, like how the quote bbcode has user_id, time, post_id (and other) parameters.
I guess you could make the argument that bbcodes that do not accept parameters should error out if a parameter is used. Either way, the developers of phpbb would have to implement this change.
The only other workaround I can think of would be to use the code bbcode, since bbcodes don't seem to parse within a code block.
Another option is to check the "Disable BBCode" checkbox in the Options section of the post....but of course that disables all bbcodes for that post. I am not aware of a "no bbcode" bbcode, like [nobbcode][/nobbcode].
-Brian
PS - bbcodes are case-insensitive, so it won't matter if you use lower, upper or even mixed case.
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[quote=Yincognito post_id=214164 time=1681836812 user_id=33362]
The only other workaround I can think of would be to use the code bbcode, since bbcodes don't seem to parse within a code block.
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[I said]
-Brian
PS - bbcodes are case-insensitive, so it won't matter if you use lower, upper or even mixed case.
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Re: ["BUG"] Questionable tag matching in the Forum code
Ah, I see, the parameter reason makes perfect sense, didn't think about that. Couldn't use code tags in this case since I specifically needed text coloring, so the only option was to use the zero-width space. I resort to such tricks in Rainmeter too, when I want to preserve the otherwise trimmed spaces at the beginning and ending of an option, by the way. I only mentioned this in case it was a potential issue for users less familiar with these methods. Thanks for taking a look at it and for the explanation.Brian wrote: ↑April 21st, 2023, 8:28 pm I am not sure this is a bug. I think the bbcode parser treats anything after a space as a parameter to the bbcode itself, like how the quote bbcode has user_id, time, post_id (and other) parameters.
I guess you could make the argument that bbcodes that do not accept parameters should error out if a parameter is used. Either way, the developers of phpbb would have to implement this change.Code: Select all
[quote=Yincognito post_id=214164 time=1681836812 user_id=33362]
The only other workaround I can think of would be to use the code bbcode, since bbcodes don't seem to parse within a code block.
Another option is to check the "Disable BBCode" checkbox in the Options section of the post....but of course that disables all bbcodes for that post. I am not aware of a "no bbcode" bbcode, like [nobbcode][/nobbcode].Code: Select all
[I said]
-Brian
PS - bbcodes are case-insensitive, so it won't matter if you use lower, upper or even mixed case.
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