Inserting URLs in text tab with a parameter named 'region'

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By using a WP filter (add_filter( ‘the_content’,…) incorporating a str_replace function in the function.php of my child theme, I’ve managed to have a workaround for the rendering of the publicly visible web page.
In fact, there are TWO bytes need to be replaced: 0xC2 0xAE. The latter one is the trademark sign as expected. Dunno where the first one is coming from!?

I’ve tried the same for the editor with add_filter( ‘the_editor_content’,…), but without any success!
The behaviour there is a bit strange: I have the IFRAME code in a text block. When I open the page in ALA, the link is broken (so I don’t see the correct content).
As soon as I click in the text block to edit the text, the content is rendered correctly in the editor pane, but I don’t see anything in the preview pane on the right.

I guess you have your own parser to render the contents in ALA. Eventually you can provide some hooks I can use there!?

Thanks in advance,
Juergen

• This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by JVo.

Dear Ismael,

very strange!

For sure I can provide site access, please see the details in the `private section.

Strangely, one cannot edit the functions.php file of my child theme from the admin panel via “Appearance > Editor”.
So I have created a custom field named ‘fix_region_param’. In conjunction with a corresponding function, this works as a switch (whether you want to fix the error or not). The function looks like this:

// fix HTML entity conversion error
function dawn_content_filter( $content ) {
	global $post;

	$fixIt = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'fix_region_param', 'true');
	if($fixIt='true')
    		$content = str_replace( 'amazon®ion=', 'amazon&region=', $content );

    	return $content;
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'dawn_content_filter', 1 );

By editing the value of ‘fix_region_param’ on the page in question, you can select to fix the misbehaviour or not (true/false).
Currently the switch is set to ‘true’, so everything works properly. If you set it to false, you can see the erroneous output on the page.
PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO SET IT TO TRUE AGAIN!!!

To reproduce the error in the editor, just do the following:

• Open the page in the editor
• Edit any text block and save it (no need to change anything)
• Update the page

The iframe in the text block you’ve just edited will still look good. If you scroll down to another text block containing an iframe, you will just see some dummy content in the iframe (content delivered by amzn because of now invalid src link).

If you edit a text block with such a “broken” iframe, that one will look good again.
Now update the page again (so it reloads in the editor). Result: the others will be broken now!

In fact, you have to touch all the text blocks containing iframes before saving the page. That’s the only way to make them all look good when you open the editor next time.

Best regards and many thanks in advance for your help.