Having problems using the VB editor

[amykhar]

I don't know what I am doing wrong.

I am using

$editorid = construct_edit_toolbar($text, 0, 'nonforum', iif($vbulletin->options['privallowsmilies'], 1, 0));

to set up the editor. It appears in the template no problem.

In the source code, I see the textarea is named 'message'. So, I should be able to process the data in $_POST['message'] or run it through the clean array to validate it.

But, I am not receiving the text.

If I use

$editorid = construct_edit_toolbar("Hello", 0, 'nonforum', iif($vbulletin->options['privallowsmilies'], 1, 0));

to create the editor, then the editor shows up with "Hello" in it, and it passes through successfully. I can even change the word Hello to zzzz and have zzzz come through instead.

But if I use

$editorid = construct_edit_toolbar(" ", 0, 'nonforum', iif($vbulletin->options['privallowsmilies'], 1, 0));

Nothing passes through again.

I am banging my head on the wall. How in heck do I use this editor? I have been trying to mimic what I see in newreply.php and private.php - it's just not working right.

Any suggestions?