Custom Modules / Components can't save HTML

I have a problem, with my custom components and modules. In the form XML i created this field

<field name="bio" type="editor" height="250" label="Biography"
            description="Intro To The Artist"  buttons="true" />

Now the data loads correctly from the DB. I output the Wyswig e开发者_如何学Cditor and the correct html with this code in the view $this->form->getInput('bio'); However when I save, the form. everything is saved as expected except, all html is stripped.

I don't know where this usually happens, even when I add the XML to a module (the module takes care of all the rendering usually). All displays fine, but the HTML get's stripped.

The Joomla wiki seems incomplete on and I can't find helpful information on how to solve this issue.

Thanks

The solution was found on google groups. I needed to add filter="safehtml" to the field

<field name="bio" type="editor" height="250" label="Biography" filter="safehtml" 
            description="Intro To The Artist"  buttons="true" />

I believe this is Joomla 1.6 specific, also another setting might be filter="raw"

You have to add the JREQUEST_ALLOWRAW parameter in order to preserve the HTML.

http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_use_the_editor_in_a_component

To get HTML form post data you need to get this data in following way

$data = JRequest::getVar( 'editorName', 'defaultValue', 'post', 'string', JREQUEST_ALLOWRAW );

And need to add a javascript for the view(tmpl file)

function submitbutton(action) {
  var form = document.adminForm;
  switch(action)
  {
  case 'save':
  case 'apply':   
   <?php
                 $editor =& JFactory::getEditor();
                 echo $editor->save( 'editorName' );
         ?>
  default:
   submitform( action );
  }
 }