a dumb question..(newbie)

[yusof_hardy]

$text = $_POST['textarea'];      //data from a textarea


$file1 = fopen("text1.txt", "w");
$text = stripslashes($text);
fwrite($file1, $text);
fclose($file1);


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When I type
[quote]
a
b
c
[/quote] in the text area


I get
[quote]
a

b

c
[/quote]in the file



How can I fix this?


And can some one please give me some bright knowlege on stripslashes and all those magic quotes things..?

[Koobi]

i don't remember...but i think this might be a platform problem.

are you on windows?

in any case, change this:
[code=php:0]
$file1 = fopen("text1.txt", "w");
[/code]

to this:
[code=php:0]
$file1 = fopen("text1.txt", "wb");
[/code]
to make it binary safe (it's in the manual on the page about fopen if you want to read more about it)

[.josh]

replace this:
$text = stripslashes($text);

with this:

$text = stripslashes(str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $text));

koobie i thought fopen and fwrite were already binary safe by default?

[Koobi]

[quote author=Crayon Violent link=topic=99525.msg392088#msg392088 date=1152123609]
replace this:
$text = stripslashes($text);

with this:

$text = stripslashes(str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $text));

koobie i thought fopen and fwrite were already binary safe by default?
[/quote]


not on win bases as far as i know. unfortunately i can't test that out for myself at home. would you be able to verify that for me if it's not too much trouble for you?

adding the "b" to the mode parameter should do the replacing itself without the need for str_replace() if i'm not mistaken.

[.josh]

[quote author=Koobi link=topic=99525.msg392093#msg392093 date=1152123974]
not on win bases as far as i know. unfortunately i can't test that out for myself at home. would you be able to verify that for me if it's not too much trouble for you?
[/quote]
okay yeah i see that now. windows treats a text file and binary file differently.  so yes, doing 'wb' is good idea. 

[quote]
adding the "b" to the mode parameter should do the replacing itself without the need for str_replace() if i'm not mistaken.
[/quote]
unfortunately adding the b still produces the double lines.