Posted by bill on 01/14/07 00:30

ghostwalker wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have an HTML form with a textarea on it. When submitted (using 'get'
> not 'post') this forms action php file simply does this to retrieve the
> values:
>
> $message = $_GET["message"];
>
> Now it all works fine but I get the string in one long string with no
> '\n' where the user pressed 'return key'
>
> How can I get the carriage returns in the textarea to be replaced with
> a '\n' ??? Its driving me nuts here!!
>
You need to set up the html with a code on the textarea so that
CRs are not thrown away. it is not a php problem.

My mind is creaky this late at night, but I think the code is:
wrap="hard"

bill

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