textarea box in form, but displays as line in echo

[entoone]

I have a form that has a text box, i.e. text area that takes 200 characters
max. When I use my update script and it brings up the information in the
database, it displays as a single line. How can I keep the same format
of a box, instead of single line when viewing the database data for
updating?

This is how I'm calling the information into the box

<tr>

<td width="100%">

<font face="Arial" size="2">Additi onal Comments/Counties Covered</font></td>

<td width="100%"> <input type="textarea" size="80" name="ud_commen ts"
value="<? echo "$comments"?>"> </td>


</tr>

[point]

Re: textarea box in form, but displays as line in echo

before entering data to database use nl2br() and before displaying from
database strip_slashes() ...

<input type="textarea"

should be <textarea></textarea>..at least I use it like that....

hope this helps....

point


"entoone" <entoone@pacbel l.net> wrote in message
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> I have a form that has a text box, i.e. text area that takes 200[/color]
characters[color=blue]
> max. When I use my update script and it brings up the information in the
> database, it displays as a single line. How can I keep the same format
> of a box, instead of single line when viewing the database data for
> updating?
>
> This is how I'm calling the information into the box
>
> <tr>
>
> <td width="100%">
>
> <font face="Arial" size="2">Additi onal Comments/Counties[/color]
Covered</font></td>[color=blue]
>
> <td width="100%"> <input type="textarea" size="80"[/color]
name="ud_commen ts"[color=blue]
> value="<? echo "$comments"?>"> </td>
>
>
> </tr>
>
>[/color]

[Jochen Daum]

Re: textarea box in form, but displays as line in echo

Hi Entoone!

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:38:36 GMT, "entoone" <entoone@pacbel l.net>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>I'm not quite following you on this one...
>[/color]

<input type="textarea" > is not valid html.
<textarea> </textarea> is.

Also, in contrary to point, 'd like to suggest to not use nl2br()
before entering into the database, but on display. You may want to use
addslashes() for a different problem, when inserting updating into the
database. You may want to use stripslashes() on display, depending on
the setting of magic_quotes.

HTH, Jochen

P.S.: Look up the functions and buzzwords on www.php.net.

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>
>"point" <point@caanprod uction.com> wrote in message
>news:bgoki801c mj@enews2.newsg uy.com...[color=green]
>> before entering data to database use nl2br() and before displaying from
>> database strip_slashes() ...
>>
>> <input type="textarea"
>>
>> should be <textarea></textarea>..at least I use it like that....
>>
>> hope this helps....
>>
>> point
>>
>>
>> "entoone" <entoone@pacbel l.net> wrote in message
>> news:FaQXa.1496 $BR4.738@newssv r22.news.prodig y.com...[color=darkred]
>> > I have a form that has a text box, i.e. text area that takes 200[/color]
>> characters[color=darkred]
>> > max. When I use my update script and it brings up the information in the
>> > database, it displays as a single line. How can I keep the same format
>> > of a box, instead of single line when viewing the database data for
>> > updating?
>> >
>> > This is how I'm calling the information into the box
>> >
>> > <tr>
>> >
>> > <td width="100%">
>> >
>> > <font face="Arial" size="2">Additi onal Comments/Counties[/color]
>> Covered</font></td>[color=darkred]
>> >
>> > <td width="100%"> <input type="textarea" size="80"[/color]
>> name="ud_commen ts"[color=darkred]
>> > value="<? echo "$comments"?>"> </td>
>> >
>> >
>> > </tr>
>> >
>> >[/color]
>>
>>[/color]
>[/color]

--
Jochen Daum - CANS Ltd.
PHP DB Edit Toolkit -- PHP scripts for building
database editing interfaces.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpdbedittk/

[matty]

Re: textarea box in form, but displays as line in echo

Jochen Daum wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> Also, in contrary to point, 'd like to suggest to not use nl2br()
> before entering into the database, but on display. You may want to use
> addslashes() for a different problem, when inserting updating into the
> database. You may want to use stripslashes() on display, depending on
> the setting of magic_quotes.[/color]

Personally, I use neither! If it's a text-in-chunks type thing, I convert
linebreaks into paras (and vice versa) going between input and database, so
that when you're displaying it, you can use the field straight from the
database, with all the work done just the once, at the admin end

[entoone]

Re: textarea box in form, but displays as line in echo

<td width="100%"> <textarea rows="4" name="ud_commen ts" cols="60"><?
echo "$comments" ?></textarea></td>


I'm able to call the information from the db and have it displayed into a
textarea box. The only thing is when I save it back to the database, via an
update button. The line doesn't wrap.. it just makes the page format go
bonkers! --- what do I need to do to keep it formatted without messing up
the entire page that display it
after it's been saved.



"matty" <matt+nntp@askm enoquestions.co .uk> wrote in message
news:yBXXa.5294 6$9C6.3144915@w ards.force9.net ...[color=blue]
> Jochen Daum wrote:
>[color=green]
> >
> > Also, in contrary to point, 'd like to suggest to not use nl2br()
> > before entering into the database, but on display. You may want to use
> > addslashes() for a different problem, when inserting updating into the
> > database. You may want to use stripslashes() on display, depending on
> > the setting of magic_quotes.[/color]
>
> Personally, I use neither! If it's a text-in-chunks type thing, I convert
> linebreaks into paras (and vice versa) going between input and database,[/color]
so[color=blue]
> that when you're displaying it, you can use the field straight from the
> database, with all the work done just the once, at the admin end
>
>[/color]