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white-space: nowrap;"> <table width="730" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="500" class='normal' bgcolor='#F3F3F3'><img align="top" border="0" class="imgs" src="/forums/themes/standard/images/tree/tree_corner.png" alt="`-" /><a href="/forums/textarea-input-help-article29292--8.htm#29296" target="_parent"><img align="top" border="0" class="imgs" src="/forums/themes/standard/images/tree/tree_leaf.png" alt="->" /></a> <a href="/forums/textarea-input-help-article29292--8.htm#29296" target="_parent">Re: <textarea> input help</a> </td><td width="120" align="left" class="normal" bgcolor='#F3F3F3'><i>SuperKoko</i></td><td width="110" align="right" class="normal" bgcolor='#F3F3F3' ><a href='#' title='08:47:43'>11-21-2007</a></td></tr></table></div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">  </script> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="article_body" colspan="5"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" width="100%" valign="top">   <table width = "100%"> <tr><td class="body_post"><a name="29292"></a> <div style="background:#CCCCCC;">Posted by <i>Icarus - iD_Ten_T helper</i> on November 20, 2007, 5:24 am </div> <div style="text-align:center;" class="bold">Please log in for more thread options</div><span id="insert_left"><table><tr><td> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">  </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://ypn-js.overture.com/partner/js/ypn.js"> </script> </td></tr></table></span> First of all, my apologies if this should be in a php newsgroup and <br/>not here, but I thought this the best place to start. <br/> <br/>I want to parse the text from a <textarea> form element but when I <br/>pass this in a POST request to the server and then output it using <br/>PHP, all formatting is gone. <br/> <br/>I was under the impresssion that the textbox would register any <br/>carriage returns or line breaks and send them in the final text for <br/>processing? <br/> <br/>Is there any way of forcing the textarea input to send formatting data <br/>as well? <br/> <br/>Essentially the idea would be to turn a text box with this in: <br/>"Hello <= carriage return <br/> <= line break <br/>World <= carriage return <br/> <= line break <br/>Foo <= carriage return <br/> <= line break <br/>Bar" <br/> <br/>into <br/>"<p>Hello</p> <br/><br /> <br/><p>World</p> <br/><br /> <br/><p>Foo</p> <br/><br /> <br/><p>Bar</p>" <br/> <br/>but i can't do this is the received string at the server is does not <br/>contain any reference to those line breaks of carriage returns. I <br/>can't HTMLify it if you will. <br/> <br/>Many thanks for any help you can offer <br/> <br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="body_post"><a name="29296"></a> <div style="background:#CCCCCC;">Posted by <i>SuperKoko</i> on November 21, 2007, 8:47 am </div> <div style="text-align:center;" class="bold">Please log in for more thread options</div><span id="insert_left"><table><tr><td> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">  </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://ypn-js.overture.com/partner/js/ypn.js"> </script> </td></tr></table></span> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:24:39 +0100, Icarus - iD_Ten_T helper <br/> <br/><div class="body_comment_1"><i>> I want to parse the text from a <textarea> form element but when I</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> pass this in a POST request to the server and then output it using</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> PHP, all formatting is gone.</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>></i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> I was under the impresssion that the textbox would register any</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> carriage returns or line breaks and send them in the final text for</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> processing?</i></div> <br/>Yes, it does. HTTP POST requests for textareas with existing user <br/>agents, are done in plain text with carriage returns preserved. <br/> <br/>Most probably you simply passed this data to the HTML output of your <br/>PHP script without modifying it. Consequently, the CRLF appears in the <br/>HTML source but HTML, in most places, isn't sensitive to multiple <br/>whitespaces. <br/>If you need to output pre-formatted data (which is exactly what you <br/>request), then, use the PRE HTML element. <br/> <br/><pre> <br/> <br/> Pre-formatted text <br/> can be put here <br/> <br/></pre> <br/> <br/><div class="body_comment_1"><i>> Is there any way of forcing the textarea input to send formatting data</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> as well?</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>></i></div> It does. <br/> <br/><div class="body_comment_1"><i>> Essentially the idea would be to turn a text box with this in:</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> "Hello <= carriage return</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> <= line break</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> World <= carriage return</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> <= line break</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> Foo <= carriage return</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> <= line break</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> Bar"</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>></i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> into</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> "<p>Hello</p></i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> <br /></i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> <p>World</p></i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> <br /></i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> <p>Foo</p></i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> <br /></i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>> <p>Bar</p>"</i></div> <div class="body_comment_1"><i>></i></div> <br/>Awful non-sense non-semantic code. <br/>The pre-formatted text I've shown above doesn't consist of paragraphs. <br/>Moroever, you would have issues with multiple spaces. <br/> <br/></td></tr> </table> <table><tr><td class="bold">Similar Threads</td><td class="bold">Posted</td></tr><tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/input-type-file-input-type-submit-in-one-action-article9936--8.htm" ><input type="file"> & <input type="submit"> in one action?</a></td><td class="normal"> April 4, 2005, 6:34 am</td></tr> <tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/Re-textarea-input-help-article29284--8.htm" >Re: <textarea> input help</a></td><td class="normal"> November 20, 2007, 10:06 am</td></tr> <tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/Re-textarea-input-help-article29287--8.htm" >Re: <textarea> input help</a></td><td class="normal"> November 20, 2007, 2:16 pm</td></tr> <tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/Positioning-input-within-td-article31168--8.htm" >Positioning <input> within <td></a></td><td class="normal"> March 20, 2008, 10:31 am</td></tr> <tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/Proper-code-for-input-tag-article835--8.htm" >Proper code for input tag</a></td><td class="normal"> July 26, 2004, 8:09 pm</td></tr> <tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/input-submit-weirdness-help-article2818--8.htm" >input submit weirdness--help</a></td><td class="normal"> September 22, 2004, 1:15 am</td></tr> <tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/How-to-let-the-tooltip-display-over-input-box-near-by-article3111--8.htm" >How to let the tooltip display over input box near-by</a></td><td class="normal"> September 29, 2004, 8:02 pm</td></tr> <tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/Size-of-IE-input-button-article5180--8.htm" >Size of IE input button</a></td><td class="normal"> November 19, 2004, 6:20 am</td></tr> <tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/Simulate-Web-Form-Input-article5948--8.htm" >Simulate Web Form Input.</a></td><td class="normal"> December 11, 2004, 6:47 pm</td></tr> <tr><td class="bold"><a href="/forums/focus-on-a-input-field-article6815--8.htm" >focus on a input field</a></td><td class="normal"> January 11, 2005, 2:18 am</td></tr> </table>  </tr> </table> </td> <TD valign="top"> </TD> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <br> <table border="0" width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bordercolor" align="center"><tr><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="middle" align="center" colspan="3">  <span class="small"> <p align="center">Our other projects:</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.sunnyfaces.net">Art Dolls, Fairies and Mermaids - Sunnyfaces.net</a></p> <a href="http://www.schestowitz.com/UseNet/" title="Roy's messages about Linux, Search Engines and computer programming" target="_blank">Roy's Linux, Programming and Search Engines messages</a><br> <br/> <a href="/sitemap.xml"><img src="/images/xml.gif" alt="1-Script XML Sitemap" border = "0">XML Sitemap</a> <br/> </span>  </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table> </body> </html>