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KiltedCodeNinja · #1 12-08-2012, 08:12 PM

I have searched all over and cannot find an answer to this question. We have users who were allowed to register and use special characters in their user names, e.g., Bob C. Barb T.

When you try to follow the link to their profile, it does not work and goes to another user. The link that is generated for the user Barb T. is:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/member.php?u=1422

Where the u= has the correct user ID. However, when you click on the link, it resolves to this URL:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/members/barb-t-/

If I change the URL to this:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/members/barb-t./

It correctly brings back the profile for the user Barb T.

Any ideas? We are on 4.1.8, upgraded from 3.8.1 at the beginning of this year.

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