I brought this issue up
before, but it's still bugging us. I have written a sql query that cleans them up, so keeping them out of the forums is no longer an issue. But, I'd like to figure out the cause, if I could, so we can find a permanent solution.
Today, one of our moderators pointed out that another forum was suffering from the same issue. Since you won't have access to that particular forum, I'm posting the actual post here.
I asked if the poster was a member of that forum, and he said he was not but pointed out that that forum developer had a bug report on it and had found a solution.
Not a member of Grumpy's forum. There was a mention of a similar issue in their host's (Xenforo) bug reports:
Bug reportsDiscussionI was surprised because I assumed that if this problem reared its ugly head in two entirely different software bases that the problem was not likely the forum software's fault.
However, it looks like this might be an issue with php coding. So, I'm posting it here in the hope that it might be helpful.
To fix this, in template log_moderator_list change {$entry.action_text|strip_tags} to {$entry.action_text|raw|strip_tags} or similar. Not sure if two pipes are allowed.
Is it possible that this is an issue with php coding? Have any other UBB forum owners experienced this issue?
I greped for strip_tags and found several instances of it in the UBB code. I have no idea if that means anything.
Please note that while we are on mysql 8.0, we are still using php 7.4.