ereg_replace complications

Anon

Ok, I have a form that i let me executives fill in and the one field is like this: <textarea name="body" cols="50" rows="20" wrap="virtual"><?php echo $body?></textarea>.

Now I've set it up so that they can type as if they typing in a word processor. Every "Enter" stroke is equivalent to a . I've done this by entering the following into the process script.

$body = ereg_replace("( )|(\n)", ' ', $body);

Here's my problem. I want them to be able to go in and modify or completely change what they entered without have to worry about messing up the format. By this I mean, if they go into the form and want to add another paragraph they can.

Currently, if they edit it add's a double return when they submit the edit because the $body = ereg_replace("( )|(\n)", ' ', $body); line was left in.

If i take the line out then any typing they do just runs together in one big sentence.

Also just a side note, then the go into the edit or modify form, the that were auto generated from the initial add are all visible.

I hope this we clear.

Thanks,

chad

Anon

for your wrap in your textarea try changing it from a 'virtual' wrap to a 'soft' wrap.

sfullman

Without getting too deeply into it, you want to turn the newline characters of the form into .

So, when you populate the body, you want to reverse the process -- change the into a newline character.

As long as your script has this \n=> to read to form, =>\n to write to form, you can't go wrong.

Other similar translations can be employed for URL encoding, database connections, and the like.

Sam Fullman
Compass Point Media