affiliate link encoded

[jackxwu]

i just installed RC3 and the affiliate link generated looks like the following. the problem is the "<" and other html tags are encoded and when i paste those into webpages, the html source code shows up in the browser. wondering if any one know how to fix it. thanks.


<a href="http://www.nasalcleanse.com/shop/ind...id=2" target="_blank"><i mg src="http://www.nasalcleanse.com/shop/aff...id=2" border="0" alt="NasalCare Nasal Irrigator"></a>

[allwebnow]

I'm finding this same problem, does anyone have any idea how to fix this? It's probably something wrong in the coding within
templates/fallback/content/affiliate_banners.tpl.php

Or, The html output. I just don't know and am not experienced enough to know how to fix something like this.

I'm running RC3.

[allwebnow]

My current string of code near the textarea code to copy and paste in templates/fallback/content/affiliate_banners.tpl.php
is:

Starting at line 60:

<?php
if (tep_db_num_rows($affiliate_banners_values)) {

while ($affiliate_banners = tep_db_fetch_array($affiliate_banners_values)) {
$affiliate_products_query = tep_db_query("select products_name from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " where products_id = '" . $affiliate_banners['affiliate_products_id'] . "' and language_id = '" . $languages_id . "'");
$affiliate_products = tep_db_fetch_array($affiliate_products_query);
$prod_id = $affiliate_banners['affiliate_products_id'];
$ban_id = $affiliate_banners['affiliate_banners_id'];
switch (AFFILIATE_KIND_OF_BANNERS) {
case 1: // Link to Products
if ($prod_id > 0) {
$link = '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO . '?ref=' . $affiliate_id . '&products_id=' . $prod_id . '&affiliate_banner_id=' . $ban_id . '" target="_blank"><img src="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_IMAGES . $affiliate_banners['affiliate_banners_image'] . '" border="0" alt="' . $affiliate_products['products_name'] . '"></a>';
} else { // generic_link
$link = '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . FILENAME_DEFAULT . '?ref=' . $affiliate_id . '&affiliate_banner_id=' . $ban_id . '" target="_blank"><img src="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_IMAGES . $affiliate_banners['affiliate_banners_image'] . '" border="0" alt="' . $affiliate_banners['affiliate_banners_title'] . '"></a>';
}
break;
case 2: // Link to Products
if ($prod_id > 0) {
$link = '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO . '?ref=' . $affiliate_id . '&products_id=' . $prod_id . '&affiliate_banner_id=' . $ban_id . '" target="_blank"><img src="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . FILENAME_AFFILIATE_SHOW_BANNER . '?ref=' . $affiliate_id . '&affiliate_banner_id=' . $ban_id . '" border="0" alt="' . $affiliate_products['products_name'] . '"></a>';
} else { // generic_link
$link = '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . FILENAME_DEFAULT . '?ref=' . $affiliate_id . '&affiliate_banner_id=' . $ban_id . '" target="_blank"><img src="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . FILENAME_AFFILIATE_SHOW_BANNER . '?ref=' . $affiliate_id . '&affiliate_banner_id=' . $ban_id . '" border="0" alt="' . $affiliate_banners['affiliate_banners_title'] . '"></a>';
}
break;
}
?>
<tr>
<td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td class="infoBoxHeading" align="center"><?php echo TEXT_AFFILIATE_NAME . ' ' . $affiliate_banners['affiliate_banners_title']; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="smallText" align="center"><br><?php echo $link; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="smallText" align="center"><?php echo TEXT_AFFILIATE_INFO; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="smallText" align="center">
<?php

$link = htmlspecialchars($link, ENT_QUOTES);
echo tep_draw_textarea_field('affiliate_banner', 'soft', '60', '6', $link);
?>

[brendanl79]

Ben's code did not, for me, address the problem of affiliate link code showing up with HTML escapes (i.e. &lt; for <).

Perhaps a version mismatch? I'm using RC3.

I solved it by commenting out both instances of the call to htmlspecialchars() in affiliate_banners.tpl.php. Now the affiliate link HTML appears un-escaped, so can immediately be cut-and-pasted into the affiliate's website code.

[allwebnow]

Originally Posted by brendanl79

Ben's code did not, for me, address the problem of affiliate link code showing up with HTML escapes (i.e. &lt; for <).

Perhaps a version mismatch? I'm using RC3.

I solved it by commenting out both instances of the call to htmlspecialchars() in affiliate_banners.tpl.php. Now the affiliate link HTML appears un-escaped, so can immediately be cut-and-pasted into the affiliate's website code.

That did it:

Change same code in 2 places around line 47 and then around line 100 from:

<?php
$link = htmlspecialchars($link, ENT_QUOTES);
echo tep_draw_textarea_field('affiliate_banner', 'soft', '60', '6', $link);
?>

To...

<?php
// $link = htmlspecialchars($link, ENT_QUOTES);
echo tep_draw_textarea_field('affiliate_banner', 'soft', '60', '6', $link);
?>

[brendanl79]

Glad to hear it Ben.

Sorry for the confusing words at the beginning of my post. I didn't realize your first and second posts were from the same person, and I mistook the latter for a proposed solution.