Text box output help

[sks1024]

I am outputing the values of my db to a text box. If the value has no spaces it shows fine . if the value has spaces it displays up to the space and nothing else. How should I correct this.

Thanks,
Stan

[sarahk]

basically you should be able to output the following html

echo "<textarea name='message' rows='20' cols='70'>$myVal</textarea>";

where $myVal has one of you bits of data and there shouldn't be a problem.

I'd try to view the source and see if that sheds any light on the problem.

The other things to consider are the use of addslashes() and stripslashes() which - if missed - could be causing problems.

[jerdo]

The key is to always use quotation marks around your html properties. Like this:
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" SIZE="20" NAME="NameOfBox" VALUE="ValueOfBox">
If you are echoing this with php remember to put backslashes before the quotation marks (\"stuff\"). Without those quotes the browser reads white space as the end of the value.

[sks1024]

I figured it out. I had to single quote the output because ofthe spaces.

thanks

<td width=84%><input name=landname type=text size=50 value='$Row1[landname]'></td>

[Weedpacket]

You're supposed to always quote your attribute values. At least that's what the HTML spec says.