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[dragonzone]

Hi Guyz how are you...

i am new in codecall..

I need help i have created a website on sms i want that user(s) post sms i have created a form in php for posting sms and connected the page to mysql database. Main problem i am facing is that in text area when i press enter then it display line change but when i submit sms and get output it display in paragraph

Example 1:

Suppose this is my text area

<textarea>

Content line 1......
Content line 2......
Content line 3......

</textarea>

in the above example void textarea tag okie.. now after submitting the lines entered in textarea it will display like this

Example 1 Output:

Content line 1......Content line 2......Content line 3......

i dont want it like this... :-(

Example 2:

now when we enter <br /> tag like this

Content line 1......<br />
Content line 2......<br />
Content line 3......<br />

then after submitting it will display like this

Example 2 Output:

Content line 1......
Content line 2......
Content line 3......

i need this result (Example 2 Output) but without entering br tag at the end of each line it is creating diffculties for my visiters..

This is the simplest code of textarea which i have used..

<textarea name="msg" cols="40" rows="10" id="msg"></textarea>

Please tell me the simple solution Thnx in Advance to all...

[WingedPanther]

PHP: str_replace - Manual

You'll search for chr(13)&chr(10)

[Alexander]

nl2br will actually take care of this for you, it is also in our frequently asked questions for this section http://forum.codecal...-questions.html (#4)

[dragonzone]

sir Alexander

Thanx for ans sir i need output like this without entering <br/> tag

Content line1......
Content line2......

but i think by using nl2br it will display like this

Content line1......<br />
Content line2......


if i m wrong then please would you like to tell me some clear example according to my need...

[Alexander]

Your text message does contain newlines (and will display properly if you send it to a phone), but if you are displaying it on a web page you must use the nl2br function as HTML will remove newlines or extra whitespace.

You can technically display it with <pre> tags:

<pre>
<?php
  echo $_POST['msg'];
?>
</pre>

And you will notice the message will be properly formatted, this is because the preformatting tag respects the contained whitespace (it forces the text to become courier/monospace though, so that is not a real solution, only an example)

[dragonzone]

Thnx for helping sir...I understand and will try this..:)