Thread: problem with Zend_Filter_HtmlEntities

Hi

i have a form for comments and it work great with english and hebrew untill i add the filer Zend_Filter_HtmlEntities.
if i remove the filer i can send in hebrew but the i can use javascript in the form, so there is a security issue here.

i echoed the post variable with and without the filter:
without the hebrew is there.
with: instead of the hebrew i get all sorts of symbols.

the page charset is utf-8, and hebrew is displyed.

this is the implementation:

Code:

           $htmlentities = new Zend_Filter_HtmlEntities();

           $name = $htmlentities->filter($this->_request->getPost('name'));
           $title = $htmlentities->filter($this->_request->getPost('title'));
$commentField=$htmlentities->filter($this->_request->getPost('comment'));

what am i doing wrong here?

best regards

ron