Re: stripped \n

On 2/20/2013 1:32 PM, Matijn Woudt wrote:

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:16 PM, John Taylor-Johnston < John.Taylor-Johnston@cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca> wrote:

Hi, I have a <textarea> when submitted creates a new form with the textarea data in a hidden field: <input name="DPRnarration" type="text" hidden form="DPRform" value="Enter call narration here."> But when this new form gets resubmitted, the \n get stripped? <input name="DPRnarration" type="text" hidden form="DPRform" value="Enter callnarration here."> I don't get it. There is nothing in my code that is stripping the \n? <input name="DPRnarration" type="text" hidden form="DPRform" value="<?php echo stripslashes($_POST["**DPRnarration"]);?>"> Do I need to put it in another textarea and declare it hidden?

An input with type=text is used for single lines, so yes, newlines get stripped. Either use a textarea with style="display: none", or store the data in a session instead. - Matijn Actually - an <input type=text> may be intended for single lines, but my test shows that it does not drop the \ all by itself.

And actually, the poster's question is very difficult to understand, simply because I do believe he doesn't know anything about html or php. Probably building something from examples he has seen. 1 - he doesn't show a <textarea> tag in his examples 2 - his sample of his code is such a small fragment we can't tell WHAT he is doing. Most likely the problem is his use of stripslashes in that last code line he provided. I wonder if he knows what that does?