Re: empty() & texarea

This is a simple solution and it should work and you'll probably kick yourself when you hear it *grin* Use: <textarea rows=8 cols=50 name=open_why_good_consult><?echo $open_why_good_consult?></textarea> Put it all on one line, because the way you have it currently there are white spaces in the textarea and a newline so it's always going to be FALSE when testing to see if it's empty. Cheers! Rick "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." - Revelation 21:4 > From: John Fulton <jfulton@rci.rutgers.edu> > Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:45:07 -0500 (EST) > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] empty() & texarea > > > I can't seem to get empty() to check if someone has left > a textarea unanswered in an online form with code like > the following: > > <textarea rows=8 cols=50 name=open_why_good_consult> > <?echo $open_why_good_consult?> > </textarea> > > if(empty($open_why_good_consult)) { > print "Please fill in why you would be a good consultant"; > } > > > Any ideas? It seems to work for things like this: > > <input type=text name=user_name size=8 value="<?echo $user_name?>"> > > if empty($user_name) { > print "Please fill in a username"; > } > > I suppose it is because the variable is not getting posted. Is > there a way to post the variable? > > Thanks. > > John > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >