[SOLVED] Send multiline textbox.

[lynxus]

Hi guys,

I have a multiline textbox, How do i send it to my php script as multiline?

 

The ling is whne i send it to a php script the varable doesnt contain the linebreaks.

 

Im probably looking at this wrong however im sure its a simple solution.

 

Anyideas?

 

[dave_sticky]

Just use the PHP function nl2br()

 

So...

 

echo nl2br($_POST['textarea']);

[lynxus]

Humm,

Doesnt seme to work with a Var.

 

ie: nl2br($string);

 

I can see that it must have linebreaks in it as its stored with them in the DB also ( so its not just one one line in the db either )

 

Any clues?

 

Ie:

in the db it shows:

Line1

Line2

Line3

 

IN the HTML

it shows

Line1

Line2

Line3

 

When displayed , it shows:

Line1 Line2 Line3

 

Somehow i need to identify how everything else is seeing it as a newline apart from the echo?

 

 

Thanks

G

[dave_sticky]

If you wanted to set it as a Var rather than echo it you'd need to do

 

$string = nl2br($string);

 

I'd be very surprised if it doesn't work, because this function exists in both PHP 4 and 5...

 

 

 

[lynxus]

Ah ok that works

YAY

thanks.

 

bit odd why i cant just echo it directly ratherthan pushing it through itself first.

 

But yay.

It works

 

Thanks

Graham