Prevent HTML use in textarea field?

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Hi there,

Long time without a question, but today I wonder if there is a way to prevent editors to use HTML in textarea (and text) fields but keep available markdown?

I used to write in my template:

<?php echo kirbytext( html::decode( $page->text() ) ); ?>

I also could do a page or field method, but is it the good way?
Any help will be apreciated!

Cheers,
j.

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You could use ->markdown() instead of ->kirbytext()

<?= $page->text()->markdown() ?>

Edit: Nevermind, that still parses HTML. You could teach your editors to escape the HTML but I guess that’s not really what you’re trying to do here. You want to force them to not use it right?

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That doesn’t remove HTML tags…

Maybe use a Kirbytext filter, then you don’t have to use it all the time. Wouldn’t work with non-Kirbytext fields…

Anyway, there is no way to prevent editors to enter HTML tags apart from telling them no to, for example in a help text. But if you can’t trust them, you have to get rid of these tags afterwards. Just like you have to escape stuff anyway when outputting your content.

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That is exactly the purpose :slight_smile:

So, maybe I will keep it the way I used to. Just make it nicer by using a field method…