note 23334 deleted from function.urlencode by tularis

Note Submitter: Webmaster[AT]ReikiMagazine[DOT]com ---- Many examples here on how to convert spaces, but how about converting linefeeds or carriage returns: I needed a form that also contained a textarea field to add notes if applicable. I used a require() function for including the form again with all of its data when an error occured, e.g. a required field was not filled in. This presented a include failure when a return was used in the notes-field. I had allready translated spaces to + with the str_replace() function, but I couldn't solve this one. I finally used this trick: // just before including the form and passing on the values $notes = urlencode($notes); $notes = str_replace("%0A","[LF]",$notes); // linefeed converted to "[LF]" $notes = str_replace("%0D","[CR]",$notes); // carriage return converted to "[CR]" $notes = urldecode($notes); And now in the form include: // just before printing the textarea: $notes = str_replace("[LF]","\n",$notes); // "[LF]" converted back $notes = str_replace("[CR]","\r",$notes); // "[CR]" converted back I couldn't find any other way, maybe this is of any help to anyone here. I just assume nobody ever types [LF] or [CR] in the notes-field.