[SOLVED] strip new line tags

[helraizer]

Hi folks,

 

I have a comment form with textarea, but since the comments go onto an image I don't want them to be able to enter a carriage return/new line.

 

I've tried this:

 

$text = mysql_real_escape_string(htmlspecialchars(stripcslashes(substr($_POST['input'],
                    0, $rowing['char_count']))));
$text = mysql_real_escape_string(stripcslashes(nl2br($text)));
$text = mysql_real_escape_string(stripcslashes(str_replace("<br>", " ", $text)));

 

That, to me get's the truncated message (just incase it's over the character limit), which works. Then it should turn all new lines to a <br> tag then strip said tag. However it still adds the new line.

 

How else could I strip any new line feeds from the $text value?

 

Sam

 

 

[conker87]

$text = mysql_real_escape_string(stripcslashes(str_replace("<br />", "\n", $text)));

 

Might be \n\r or just \r, depending on what OS your server is.

[helraizer]

 

Each comment is added on one line. However if you add a comment with a carriage return (press enter in the textarea) then it writes it like this:

 

 

The comment was

 

"new

 

line

 

feed"

 

As you can see, the new is on the line it's supposed to be; then the 'line' is under the third comment and 'feed' is under the 5th.

 

Is it possible to strip the new lines that it's read "New Line Feed" all on one line, even if they added the carriage returns?

 

Hope that makes sense,

 

Sam

[conker87]

Oh wait, sorry, lol misread you post.

 

Try:

$text = mysql_real_escape_string(stripcslashes(str_replace("\n", "", $text)));

[conker87]

Hmm, on second thoughts, do you just want to get rid of ALL HTML? If so, do this:

 

$text = substr($_POST['input'], 0, $rowing['char_count']);

$text = strip_tags($text)

$text = htmlspecialchars($text)

$text = mysql_real_escape_string($text);

[craygo]

a text area always puts a \r\n for line breaks, so you will have to get rid of both.

 

<?php
$text = $_POST['tarea'];
$array = array("\r\n", "\n", "\r");
$replace = " ";
$newtext = str_replace($array, $replace, $text);
?>

 

Ray

[helraizer]

Works perfectly now, thanks