[TYPO3-core] REMINDER: RFC #8578: Umlauts get displayed wrong in Web>Access module after updating rights

[Tobias Liebig]

Please to not disregard this issue.

regards
  Tobias

Tobias Liebig wrote:
> This is an SVN patch request.
> 
> Type: Bugfix
> 
> Bugtracker reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=8578
> 
> Branches: 4.2, trunk
> 
> 
> Note:
> we had this issue already right before releasing 4.2.1, but postponed
> the latest patch in favor of a better solution. And here we go!
> 
> 
> Problem:
> (Reported by Susanne Moog)
> When updating user or group permissions inline in web>access ->
> permissions the umlauts are displayed wrong (see screenshot). If you
> change the module and then go back, everything is ok again. So it is
> saved correctly, only displayed wrong.
> 
> 
> Problem (technical point of view):
> Currently the JavaScript sends a string with the uiser-id and the
> username via ajax to the Server. The PHP-Skript splits this string up an
> return the new markup (containing the username) to the client where it
> got displayed.
> Unfortunately the ajax-request does not respect the current charset and
> thus german umlauts and other special chars get scrambled.
> 
> 
> Solution:
> The attached patch.
> now the javascript does not contain the username nor grouptitle and thus
> we go without the urldecode stuff on server side. Instead we read the
> username/grouptitle from the database and pass it to the client.
> 
> thanks to susanne for reporting and testing so far and thanks to benni
> to help with and discuss about this solution (some weeks/month ago ;-) )
> 
> 
> regards
>   tobias
>