[pmwiki-users] Author field and usernames problem

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:06:59PM +0100, Michele Cabano wrote:
> Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > If you want the Author name to always exactly follow the username 
> > login value, then use the following sequence:
> >
> >     include_once('scripts/authuser.php');
> >     if (@$AuthId) $Author = $AuthId;
> >
> > See http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/RequireAuthor for more details.
> >
> > Pm
> >   
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I modified config.php like above, but the problem still exists.
> I also noticed that if I write someting containing non-alphanumeric 
> characters in the author field (like 'john..smith' or 'john/smith') 
> modifications are assigned in every case to 'johnsmith'

Yes -- In certain instances PmWiki automatically converts author 
names into something that can be used as a valid pagename
(by eliminating the dots and/or slashes).  But it shouldn't
do this if you're explicitly setting the $Author variable --
in that case PmWiki leaves the variable alone.

Note that the above only sets the author name when someone
has logged in with a username and password -- if a person hasn't
logged in the author names continue to work as before (i.e.,
coming from a browser cookie).  

If you just want PmWiki to allow any character in author names,
you might try setting (note the leading space):

    $AuthorNameChars = " -\\xff";

Pm