how to replace 'enter' in forms

[Anon]

Hi!

I'm using a html-form, that sends data to a php-script, and the script writes the data in a text file.

My form has a textarea-field, but i cannot replace enter-buttons with my php-script.

I've tried to replace enter with these:

$foo=ereg_replace("\n", '', $foo);
$foo=ereg_replace("0A", '', $foo);
$foo=ereg_replace("<br>", '', $foo);

but none of the works.

What is the right method to replace enter-button in php & html?

I would like to have one form submission to one line in my text file.

Please help me,

-Tero

[matto]

replace line feeds?
use <textarea ... wrap=virtual>, this should reduce \n in the first place ...

according to
str_replace (mixed search, mixed replace, mixed subject)

-> your code must work!

don't use ereg_replace but string replace.

[Anon]

Thanks for your help but it didn't work.

I added this wrap=virtual thing to the textarea tag, and replaced ereg_replace with str_replace.

html:
<textarea name="foo" cols="40" rows="3" wrap="virtual"></textarea>

php:
$foo=str_replace ("\n", '', $foo);
$foo=str_replace ("\r", '', $foo);
$foo=str_replace ("<br>", '', $foo);
$foo=str_replace ("<p>", '', $foo);
$foo=str_replace ("%0D%OA", '',$foo);
$foo=str_replace ("0A", ' ', $foo);
$foo=str_replace (chr(13),' ',$foo);
$foo=str_replace (chr(10),' ',$foo);

(none of these work)

$fp = fopen ("lomakkeet/textfile.txt", "a")
fwrite ($fp, $foo);
fclose ($fp);

Still, when i open this text file in mickeysoft's excel, the data appears in several lines, if enter was pressed in textarea field 🙁

[junebug]

try this. for your textarea tag set wrap="soft". then do either this:

$formatted = nl2br($foo);

or

$formatted = ereg_replace("\n", "<br>", $foo);

give that a shot and see if it works. make sure to make the change in the textarea tag.

[Anon]

when you write the $foo to the browser do this before you write it..

$foo = str_replace("\n","<br>",$foo);

that will fix it.