[SOLVED] simple translator help

[quickstopman]

hey guys

im currently trying to make a trans lator

i have all the code set up

but when it posts the code

it doesn't put it in the textarea

it puts it in the top left corner

here is the code

<?

function from_english($str) {
	$str = str_replace("'eh", "hey", $str);
	$str = str_replace("'ello", "hello", $str);
	$str = str_replace("tea time", "coffee break", $str);
	$str = str_replace("govna", "governer", $str);
	$str = str_replace("fag", "cigarette", $str);
	$str = str_replace("fish and chips", "lunch", $str);
	$str = str_replace("ducky", "kid", $str);
	$str = str_replace("tea", "coffee", $str);;
	$str = str_replace("bloke", "stupid person", $str);
	$str = str_replace("lawt","stuff", $str);
	$str = str_replace("go to the brighton pier", "have fun", $str);
	$str = str_replace("all of england and parts of whales suck", "england sucks", $str);
	$str = str_replace("americans are stupid", "america rocks", $str);

	echo $str;
}

function original($str) {
	$str = str_replace("hey", "'eh", $str);
	$str = str_replace("hello", "'ello", $str);
	$str = str_replace("coffee break", "tea time", $str);
	$str = str_replace("governer", "govna", $str);
	$str = str_replace("cigarette", "fag", $str);
	$str = str_replace("lunch", "fish and chips", $str);
	$str = str_replace("kid", "ducky", $str);
	$str = str_replace("coffee", " tea", $str);
	$str = str_replace("stupid person", "bloke", $str);
	$str = str_replace("stuff", "lawt", $str);
	$str = str_replace("have fun", "go to the brighton pier", $str);
	$str = str_replace("england sucks", "all of england and parts of whales suck", $str);
	$str = str_replace("america rocks", "americans are stupid", $str);
	$str = str_replace("zack", "sexy beast", $str);
	$str = str_replace("hot", "hawt", $str);
	$str = str_replace("annoyed", "got piss taken from", $str);

	echo $str;
}

$submit_org = $_POST['regular'];
$submit_eng = $_POST['translate'];
$msg = "";
if ($submit_org) {
$english = original($_POST['original']);	
echo '
<center>
<form method="POST">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<textarea cols="30" rows="10" name="original"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="regular" value="Translate >>">
</td><td>
<textarea cols="30" rows="10" name="translated"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="translate" value="<< Translate"></td>
</tr></table>
</form>
';

} else if ($submit_eng) {
$english = $_POST['english'];
$original = from_english($_POST['translated']);
echo '
<center>
<form method="POST">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<textarea cols="30" rows="10" name="original">{$origanal}</textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="regular" value="Translate >>">
</td><td>
<textarea cols="30" rows="10" name="translated">{$english}</textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="translate" value="<< Translate"></td>
</tr></table>
</form>
';
} else {
echo '
<center>
<form method="POST">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<textarea cols="30" rows="10" name="original"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="regular" value="Translate >>">
</td><td>
<textarea cols="30" rows="10" name="translated"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="translate" value="<< Translate"></td>
</tr></table>
</form>
';

}
?>

what i want it too do is display the translated text in the right text box if its from the left one

and vice versa

 

any help??

thanks guys

[chigley]

You're using single quotes in your echos but then you put a variable straight into it.....