[ILUG] puzzle of the day - php & apache & phpbb3

[Daniel]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On 
> Behalf Of John P. Looney
> Sent: 28 January 2009 09:24
> To: ILUG list
> Subject: [ILUG] puzzle of the day - php & apache & phpbb3
> 
>  This is a great one. So, a pint at the next POTD for anyone 
> who can solve it.
> 
>  After installing PHPBB3, it started randomly corrupting 
> anything people copy & pasted into textarea fields. Before:
> 
> http://livinghistory.ie/~valen/odd.txt
> 
>  And after: (check the stuff that's quoted)
> 
> http://livinghistory.ie/community/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=715&p=6118#p6118
> 
>  This happens for users using linux, osx and windows. I'm 
> sure it's a server config problem on the backend. It's likely 
> related to the fact that when PHPBB sends me an email, the 
> subject it something like "=?UTF-8?B?QWN0aXZhdGUgdXNlciBhY2NvdW50?=" !
> 
> John
> 
> --
I've had it a couple of times also but I also only ever noticed it occurring
on non alpha numeric characters, and had, up till now, thought it was an
inability of the character to be rendered in my browser. I fixed it by
editing and re-typing/changing the offending parts and the character was
displayed.

I'm using Apache 1.3.37 PHP 5.2.3 phpBB 3.0.4 

I *do* know that its not anything to do with the Database, because I have
had it on PHP pages that just call from a .html  document.

Maybe its not much help but the only thing I can find in common is we are
using the same portal (phpbb3portal?) and the  same provider for hosting.

-Dan
'A true nutter says nothing and just holds up a chicken'.