text within textarea shifted after redisplay form

[rukkie]

After a redisplay of the form, caused by errors in other fields, the
text which is in the "Observ" textarea is shifted (some 8 places) to
the right (and this each time after a redisplay). The code used in case
of redisplay is :

<tr>
<td align="right">
Observations :
</td>
<td>
<textarea align="left" cols="50" rows="10" name="Observ">
<? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>
</td>
</tr>

Does anyone has a clue what is causing the shift and how to solve it ?

Thanks in advance

[Geoff Muldoon]

Re: text within textarea shifted after redisplay form

In article <1150268145.774 485.6690@g10g20 00cwb.googlegro ups.com>,
rukkie@belgacom .net says...[color=blue]
> After a redisplay of the form, caused by errors in other fields, the
> text which is in the "Observ" textarea is shifted (some 8 places) to
> the right (and this each time after a redisplay). The code used in case
> of redisplay is :
>
> <tr>
> <td align="right">
> Observations :
> </td>
> <td>
> <textarea align="left" cols="50" rows="10" name="Observ">
> <? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> Does anyone has a clue what is causing the shift and how to solve it ?
>
> Thanks in advance[/color]

<textarea blah blah><? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>

All on one line. The HTML is including the indent whitespace of your code.

GM

[Rik]

Re: text within textarea shifted after redisplay form

rukkie wrote:[color=blue]
> After a redisplay of the form, caused by errors in other fields, the
> text which is in the "Observ" textarea is shifted (some 8 places) to
> the right (and this each time after a redisplay). The code used in
> case of redisplay is :
>
> <tr>
> <td align="right">
> Observations :
> </td>
> <td>
> <textarea align="left" cols="50" rows="10" name="Observ">
> <? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>
> </td>
> </tr>
>
> Does anyone has a clue what is causing the shift and how to solve it ?[/color]

Not without the cause of the errors.
Perhaps usefull pointers:
- using <?php is preferred instead of <?
- what does $_REQUEST['Observ'] do?
- are there any actions/errors which can alter $Observ?
- PHP has nothing to do with displaying, that's all HTML (/&CSS), so, what
does you HTML source say?
- I definitely count 8 spaces before <?, so displaying a linebreak, and 8
spaces, may be just correct behaviour.

In short:
What does this code do:
<textarea><?p hp echo $_REQUEST['Observ'] ;?></textarea>

Grtz,
--
Rik Wasmus

[rukkie]

Re: text within textarea shifted after redisplay form


Geoff Muldoon schreef:
[color=blue]
> In article <1150268145.774 485.6690@g10g20 00cwb.googlegro ups.com>,
> rukkie@belgacom .net says...[color=green]
> > After a redisplay of the form, caused by errors in other fields, the
> > text which is in the "Observ" textarea is shifted (some 8 places) to
> > the right (and this each time after a redisplay). The code used in case
> > of redisplay is :
> >
> > <tr>
> > <td align="right">
> > Observations :
> > </td>
> > <td>
> > <textarea align="left" cols="50" rows="10" name="Observ">
> > <? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>
> > </td>
> > </tr>
> >
> > Does anyone has a clue what is causing the shift and how to solve it ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance[/color]
>
> <textarea blah blah><? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>
>
> All on one line. The HTML is including the indent whitespace of your code.
>
> GM[/color]

Thanks for the quick response. Getting rid of the indent is solvind the
problem !!!

[the DtTvB]

Re: text within textarea shifted after redisplay form

Data should be htmlspecialchar ()ed also if used in textarea.
It prevents user from entering '</textarea>' and break the form.