RE: [PHP-DB] Formatting in Text Area

From: Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:07:45 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Formatting in Text Area
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$text = nl2br($text); bastien > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:07:17 -0500> From: pvanbuskirk@otc.fsu.edu> To: > php-db@lists.php.net> Subject: [PHP-DB] Formatting in Text Area> > I have a "customer > description" text area field on my form which feeds through php to FMP, and spits out a > confirmation page and email. The issue I am having is this ... as the customer types, the text > wraps. Many put their own hard returns and spaces in to organize their description. It seems I > can't get it to do both the wrap and show the actual formatting entered. If I format the field > as physical wrap, the lines run off the page on the confirmation/printout. If I format it as > virtual, then the hard returns, etc get lost. I have also tried using <PRE> on the > confirmation page and email and that doesn't work either.> > Hmmm... scratching head!> > > Trish> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Patricia Van Buskirk> Florida State > University, Office of Telecommunications> 644 W. Call Street> Tallahassee, FL 32306-1120> > (850) 644-9247> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > -- > PHP Database Mailing > List (http://www.php.net/)> To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php> _________________________________________________________________

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