1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/db/item.php b/db/item.php
index 8f516f9c6..6b5a49f15 100644
--- a/db/item.php
+++ b/db/item.php
@@ -152,6 +152,20 @@ class Item extends Entity implements IAPI {
 	}
 
 
+	public function fromRow(array $array) {
+		// sanitize them fucked up non utf-8 strings because PHP's glorious idea
+		// on how to handle non utf-8 srtings in json_encode is to just *BOOM*
+		// in your face, which results in a spinning wheel. Forever.
+		foreach($array as $key => $value) {
+			if($key === 'body' || $key === 'author' || $key === 'title' || 
+			   $key === 'guid' || $key === 'guidHash') {
+				$array[$key] === iconv('UTF-8', 'UTF-8//IGNORE', $value);
+			}
+		}
+		parent::fromRow($array);
+	}
+
+
 	public function setAuthor($name) {
 		parent::setAuthor(strip_tags($name));
 	}