Passing Line Breaks thru URL

Arc

Hi, I am making a preview page where the user enters text into a textbox and then clicks the preview page and it is supposed to show the page as it will look on the site. The page can contain html.

If the user makes things bold or underline etc.. that all gets passed just fine and comes out right on the preview page. But if the user makes line breaks in the text..

Like
this
for
example

it comes out as "like this for example" all on one line.

I am using nl2br but it doesn't seem to work. If i manualy put a <br> in the text it does work, but for some reason a regular line break in a textbox is not transfered thru the URL.

Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks!😃

TruckStuff

Please post some of your code. In a normal situation, nl2br would accokmplish what you are trying to do.

ir4z0r

use method=post instead of passing large text thru URL (is limited anyway)

or use urlencode() and urldecode()

Arc

Well i'm doing this thru a popup window so method=post isnt an option. I'll look into the encodeurl though.. thanks!😃

Arc

Hmm I am using javascript to open a new window when an image is clicked and then pass the contents of the textbox thru the URL.

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
var emailAddr = document.form.txtContents.value; 
win = window.open(theURL+"?txtContents="+emailAddr,'emailWin',features); 
win.focus();
}
//-->
</script>

<img src="../images/preview.jpg"  border="0" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('previewmail.php','','scrollbars=yes,width=450,height=550')">

It seems as though i need to use the nl2br before i pass the text thru the browser, but i can't figure out how to do it with this javascript..
Not sure how to impliment the urlencode into this.... Any help is greatly appreciated!😃

ab4net

even,
u can use the post ..
make the submit bot. activate the Jscript, so u'll have it posted to this pop up ..

i dont know if u got me clearly .. ?!

ir4z0r

"nl2br()" in javascript:

var new = old.replace(/\n/g,"<br>");

but I think, linebreaks aren't the only chars causing probs

Arc

That works perfectly! Thanks ir4z0r !😃

Now one more thing... if i put multiple spaces it only puts one space.

Example:

If i put test         test

It shows up as test test

Know how to fix that?

Thanks! 😃

ab4net

do the same to $nbsp;

sivasankari_kv

Or simply embed it withing pre tag