phpbb solution required

proalan · Post by **proalan** » July 25th, 2006, 0:42

A mate of mine has set up a phpbb version (2.0.19)

- latest php build
- latest mysql database used
- html enabled in forum

he currently has a problem displaying a particular username properly after registration. The username registered is...

<<Black>>

yet after registration the profile and posts display the username incorrectly as...

<<Black>&g

I would be most grateful if anyone could remind me what the solution or work around is to this problem.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » July 25th, 2006, 1:10

Can he log in with the correct username or does he have to use the wrong one?

That's two versions on phpbb out-of-date, by the way, so it may have been fixed already.

Check the database to see what the character limit on the username is (an arrow is four characters: < and >).

Vowles · Post by **Vowles** » July 25th, 2006, 9:17

<> hurt the programming...look on the phpBB some one might of found a spack hack for it.

proalan · Post by **proalan** » July 25th, 2006, 10:22

That was it, its the character limit on the database, DOH

btw the name encapsulated by the double angle brackets is supposed to be

<<Black--Halo>>

but i forgot to disable html in the last post so it didn't show properly, as you can see this is a very long name.

Its such a crime forgetting a solution that one has solved before.

Cheers mate