[pLog-svn] BlogNameValidator() cause Chinese blog name error!
Mark Wu
markplace at gmail.com
Wed Sep 12 15:14:06 EDT 2007
Okay. Fixed it in rev 5927.
Now, the BlogNameValidator() only apply domainize() when subdomain function
enabled.
I also modify the test case according to this change.
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net
> [mailto:plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net] On Behalf Of
> Oscar Renalias
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:19 PM
> To: LifeType Developer List
> Subject: Re: [pLog-svn] BlogNameValidator() cause Chinese
> blog name error!
>
> Please don't forget to update the test case BlogNameValidator_Test.
> You will probably need to save the class as a UTF-8 string if
> you need to add Chinese character, so please do so.
>
> Oscar
>
> On 9/11/07, Mark Wu <markplace at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Just see this.
> >
> > If we all agree, I will try to modify the code based on our
> > discussion. :)
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net
> > > [mailto:plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net] On Behalf Of Oscar
> > > Renalias
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:03 AM
> > > To: LifeType Developer List
> > > Subject: Re: [pLog-svn] BlogNameValidator() cause Chinese
> blog name
> > > error!
> > >
> > > It's not just blog_slug. It's also category_slug, album_slug,
> > > resource_slug, global_article_category_slug,
> blog_category_slug, and
> > > so on.
> > >
> > > The main reason for the BlogNameValidator class was to prevent
> > > situations in where custom URLs or subdomain URLs would
> end up with
> > > an empty blog slug, because the original contained all HTML or
> > > incorrect characters. We can do so, as suggested by Mark, that
> > > whenever subdomains and custom URLs are disabled, we
> don't need to
> > > impose this restriction (and the validator will always validate
> > > whatever is passed)
> > >
> > > On 11 Sep 2007, at 20:56, Jon Daley wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yes, I agree that looks ugly, and we should try to not
> > > do that.
> > > > Has someone (oscar) not liked the blog_slug - or is it
> just that
> > > > requires new code, so it isn't a trivial add.
> > > > For validating - it isn't a "free form string", it is a
> > > blog name, so
> > > > [a-zA-Z] or whatever we do is good enough for English -
> is there a
> > > > similar regexp you can add that covers chinese
> characters? (Do we
> > > > need to cover other languages too?)
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Mark Wu wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi Jon:
> > > >
> > > > Take a look the Wikipeida Zh version. The chinese string
> > > can encode
> > > > to
> > > > UTF-8 like:
> > > >
> > > >
> http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E4%B8%AD%E4%B8%96%E7%B4
> > > > %
> > > > 80%E9%A3%
> > > > B2%E9%A3%9F%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96&variant=zh-tw
> > > >
> > > > The browser will accept this. And both FF or IE accept this.
> > > >
> > > > For me, I don't like it. That's why I siad "blog_slug"
> is a better
> > > > solution for this. :D
> > > >
> > > > Agreed, we need to validate the input string. But I
> really have
> > > > no idea how to validate a free form "string".
> > > >
> > > > And, even we use the domainize or urlize function to
> > > validate the blog
> > > > name
> > > > at this moment, we still use the original blog name
> input by user
> > > > (only with filter html) in our addBlogAction ...
> > > >
> > > > So, If the SQL injection occurs in string validator, it
> happened
> > > > in blognamevalidator , too ...
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net [mailto:plog-svn-
> > > >> bounces at devel.lifetype.net] On Behalf Of Jon Daley
> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:29 AM
> > > >> To: LifeType Developer List
> > > >> Subject: Re: [pLog-svn] BlogNameValidator() cause Chinese
> > > blog name
> > > >> error!
> > > >>
> > > >> You said, "if you use UTF8, it would be fixed". But
> > > then you said
> > > >> that it would show %xx%yy - is that acceptable?
> > > >> Does it actually show those characters in the URL, or
> does the
> > > >> browser/server change those back to "real" characters,
> > > that look how
> > > >> you want?
> > > >>
> > > >> We need validation on input, and string validator
> > > doesn't count.
> > > >> Can you write a validator that works for you, and doesn't
> > > allow SQL
> > > >> injections?
> > > >> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Mark Wu wrote:
> > > >> > As you said, the issue is every where in lifetype when we
> > > >> convert the > string
> > > >> to a valid url, for example, {xxxname} in custom url. It
> > > is a old
> > > >> problem.
> > > >> :(
> > > >> That's why most China/Taiwan user use {xxxid} instead of
> > > {xxxname}
> > > >> in custom url
> > > >> ** I raised this issue before, I said maybe we have to add
> > > >> xx_slug for every object that need to urlized. But we
> all agreed
> > > it is not a
> > > >> good idea to add xxx_slug to XX objects. :) And, yes, the
> > > issue can
> > > >> be fixed, if we only use the utf8 ...
> > > >> After we urlize the chinese sentense (encode the string to
> > > >> utf8) , the string will become %xx%yy%zz .
> > > >> The "%xx%yy%zz" can use in url path without any
> problem, but not
> > > >> works in domain name ... That's another issue.
> > > >> Therefore I said it can't be fixed. :( Mark
> > > >> > -----Original Message-----
> > > >> > From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net
> > > >> > [mailto:plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net] On Behalf
> > > Of Jon Daley
> > > >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:51 AM
> > > >> > To: LifeType Developer List
> > > >> > Subject: Re: [pLog-svn] BlogNameValidator() cause
> Chinese blog
> > > >> name > error!
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I understand that it returns an empty string,
> > > but the problem
> > > >> isn't > in the blognamevalidator, but in urlize and
> > > domainize, which
> > > >> are used > in other places in the code. Don't you have issues
> > > >> elsewhere?
> > > >> > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Mark Wu wrote:
> > > >> > > > Hi Jon:
> > > >> > > Agreed.
> > > >> > > But, I don't think it can be fixed if we use domainze()
> > > >> function. It > is because the domainize() and urlize()
> > > will remove
> > > >> some invalid > characters that not allowed in url.
> > > >> > > Sometimes, the whole Chinese sentence after domainize() or
> > > >> urlize will > return empty string, or the same string
> as another
> > > >> different Chinese > sentence.
> > > >> > > Take the Chinese sentence "台北教會" for example, It means
> > > >> "church in > Taipei". After domainze(), it will return
> > > EMPTY string.
> > > >> So, user can > not create new blog .....
> > > >> > > That's why I said I have to change it back to string
> > > >> > > validator
> > > >> ONLY IF > the blog admin does not enable subdomain or
> blogdomain.
> > > >> > > Or the most Chinese user can not add new blog at
> this moment
> > > >> > > ,
> > > >> it is > really not good.
> > > >> > > ** The best way to solve this is add a blog_slug
> to blogInfo,
> > > >> it is > different to blog name. It can avoid all this kind of
> > > >> problem.
> > > >> > > Mark
> > > >> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >> > > From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net
> > > >> > > [mailto:plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net] On
> Behalf Of Jon
> > > >> Daley
> > > >> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:24 PM
> > > >> > > To: LifeType Developer List
> > > >> > > Subject: Re: [pLog-svn] BlogNameValidator() cause Chinese
> > > >> > > blog
> > > >> name > > error!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > I don't think changing it to string validator is the
> > > >> > right answer,
> > > >> > > since we use urlize and domainize other places, so if they
> > > >> > are broken
> > > >> > > for chinese characters, they need to be fixed,
> otherwise, you
> > > >> will > > have issues in other places too.
> > > >> > > A string validator doesn't do anything, so we can't
> > > >> > count on that to
> > > >> > > actually validate the data.
> > > >> > > > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Mark Wu wrote:
> > > >> > > > > > Hi Oscar & Jon:
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > It seems the new BlogNameValidator will cause some error
> > > >> > when user
> > > >> > > > enter Chinese blog name.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > I am still checking on it, it seems the new
> > > >> > > Textfilter::domanize() or
> > > >> > > > Textfilter::urlize() casue the error.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > If I can not fix this bug, I will change it back
> to string
> > > >> > > validator
> > > >> > > > if blog admin does not enable subdomain and blogdomain
> > > >> > function. It
> > > >> > > > can avoid this kind of problem.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Mark
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > > --
> > > >> > > Jon Daley
> > > >> > > http://jon.limedaley.com/
> > > >> > > > > The real world is
> > > >> > > a special case.
> > > >> > > -- Horngren's Observation
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