RE: [PHP-WIN] Text area

Your problem is probably not with the form passing the data; it's in your storing it in the db. Remember there's probably lots of \n characters in a text field. If you try to put these into a db field your results are unpredictable; meaning the db software may or may not handle them properly. Try using addslashes ($TextField=addslashes($TextField)) before writing and stripslahes ( ($TextField=stripslashes($TextField)) after the db write to return the data to it's original values. Ron Woods/GAI Sr. Software Engineer 1777 N.E. Loop 410 Suite 600 San Antonio, TX 78217 Tel: 210-820-2615 Fax: 210-832-0487 http://www.gai-inc.com -----Original Message----- From: Mangiola Nunzio Datavia [mailto:NunzioM@Datavia.co.za] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 12:24 AM To: php-windows@lists.php.net; David Harrison Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Text area It does work on the face of it. But when you query the database the field is empty even if you filled it in. > ---------- > From: David Harrison[SMTP:davidh@webcentral.com.au] > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:22 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Text area > > Try using the TEXTAREA tag instead: > > <TEXTAREA ROWS="5" COLS="55" NAME="boop"> > > --dave > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mangiola Nunzio Datavia [mailto:NunzioM@Datavia.co.za] > > Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2001 4:13 PM > > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Text area > > > > > > Hi > > > > I'm trying to or half succeeded in creating > > a guestbook on my intranet site. > > > > Now my problem is this: > > When creating the form I have > > trouble creating a text area larger > > than one line. > > I use at the moment <input type="text" blah blah > > That gives me one line and it appears in > > MySQL database. But if I try to add rows="6" > > cols="70" it still gives me one line. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net