SOLVED: Dynamic data fallback to dynamic data breaks with special characters

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[Please describe this bug in as much detail as possible so we can replicate & debug this bug]

I have been able to use dynamic data as a fallback for other dynamic data. For example - {mb_page_custom_heading @fallback:{post_title}}

Generally, this works just fine. The problem comes in when there are special characters. Specifically, when copying and pasting from a Google Doc where an apostrophe will come over as ’ and this breaks the element. It renders part of the dynamic data string itself (see video).

Is there a setting Bricks or Metabox that I need to adjust to fix this?

Also, one of my developers was able to create a workaround for one project that is detailed in the second video below

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DUPLICATE: @fallback not working correctly when an em dash ( – ) is used
Encode value to echo function
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Hi @r5websites,

thank you for your report. I was able to replicate it and I’ve added it to our internal bug tracker. Once it’s solved, we will update the topic.

I can replicate it with this character: ’

Thank you,
Matej

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any update on this bug?

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Hey @r5websites,

no news yet. Will bump up our internal task.

Matej

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checking in on this request

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It’s still WIP (= Work In Progress) and I can’t say when it will be released, but we have the improvement in testing already locally. I suppose that will be available in one of the following releases.

Best regards,
Matej

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checking in again. is this any closer?

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Hey @r5websites, yes, the fix should be available in the next beta release. :victory_hand:

Best regards,
Matej

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We’ve addressed this in Bricks 2.4-beta (beta release), now available for manual download from your Bricks account.

Please read the changelog entry before testing, and let us know if you experience any issues. Note: beta builds are not recommended for production sites.