python/cgi/html bug

[Dan Bishop]

Dfenestr8 wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I've written a cgi messageboard script in python, for an irc chan I
happen
> to frequent.
>
> Bear with me, it's hard for me to describe what the bug is. So I've
> divided this post into two sections: HOW MY SCRIPTS WORKS, and WHAT
THE
> BUG IS.
> ...
> The problem is when someone posts a new topic, and that topic happens
to
> have "" double quotes, or any other strange character, some strange
> glitches occur.

Use cgi.escape(topic, True) to convert HTML special characters to the
equivalent ampersand escape sequences.