Selector sanitation problem

[Vilunki3000]

Hi.

I recently updated to the latest version of ProcessWire and have been experiencing strange behaviour. I tried really hard to find a solution but searching about this subject proved to be quite hard.

It seems that if I have "./" in the name or title of a page, I can't find it with autocomplete, for example. If I type in "5./JR 5", the ajax autocomplete response looks like this:

{"selector":"template=military-unit,sort=length,has_parent=539607,templates_id=72,status<2048,title%=5 j5,limit=50","total":0,"limit":50,"start":0,"matches":[]}

This makes me think that the "./" is sanitised from my input.

Another behaviour I experience is that if a page name (or url?) ends with "./" page is not found. I suspected the .htaccess at first but found no solution. I'm starting to think that these things are somehow related. Can anyone push me to the right direction?
 

[netcarver]

Hi @Vilunki3000

Welcome to the forums.

Did this start with the upgrade? If so, what version of Processwire were you using previously (which version worked for you?)

[Vilunki3000]

Yes, this started after the upgrade. The version I still have on my computer, where everything works, is most likely quite old - it's 2.7.2. The current live version is 3.0.165.

[Vilunki3000]

Ok, it seems that I have found the root cause. In wire/core/Sanitizer.php - Sanitize selector value (version 2, 3.0.156+) function has a reduction:

line 2295: $reductions = array('..' => '.', './' => ' ', '  ' => ' ');

This causes the problem in case someone else is wondering the same thing.