Stop Zend_Filter_Input from doing htmlentities() to input

application/modules/courses/controllers/EditController.php

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ class Courses_EditController extends App_Controller_Action
             'courseLetter' => array('Alpha', 'StringToUpper')
         );
         $validator = array();
-        $in = new Zend_Filter_Input($filter, $validator, $this->getRequest()->getParams());
+        $options = array('escapeFilter' => 'StringTrim');
+        $in = new Zend_Filter_Input($filter, $validator, $this->getRequest()->getParams(), $options);
         $rawIn = $this->getRequest()->getParams();
 
         $session = new Zend_Session_Namespace('Edit Request');