i'm just add Tobias script.

put "rtrim" and "ltrim" to have a better result.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tobias Franzén" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <php-db@lists.php.net>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Formatting in Text Area


> Hi Patricia,
>
> You can impose width restrictions on the textarea field
and forcefully
> wrap lines longer than the desired length afterwards (if
you save it,
> save it as-is for better portability). To wrap text with
PHP when you
> print it, or want to send the e-mail, there is a function
called
> wordwrap(). Be sure to split the string at every line
break though.
>
> Using white-spaces for formating will only work if your
output of the
> text is with a fixed-width font. The <pre> html tag will
do this for
> you, but it won't look pretty. Use CSS to style it is my
advise.
>
> Something to bear in mind with regards to e-mail is that
the "standard"
> line width is 72 characters if I remember correctly.
>
> Comparison of fixed-width fonts
> http://www.cfcl.com/vlb/h/fontmono.html
>
> Example code (not tested, so I'm not sure it will run
as-is):
> <?php
> $text = $_POST["textareainput"];
> $long_lines = split("\n", $text);
> $split_text = "";
> $width = 72;
> foreach ($long_lines as $oneline) {
>    $split_text = $split_text . wordwrap($oneline, $width,
"\n") . "\n";
> }
> // $split_text will have one more newline at the end than
what you
> started with, so let's clean it up
> $split_text = substr($split_text, 0, -1);
> echo "<pre>" . $split_text . "</pre>";
> // or
> echo nl2br($split_text);
> ?>
>
> /Tobias
>
> VanBuskirk, Patricia wrote:
> > Sorry, I had sent this first to my FileMaker list, but
then realized it
> > was probably more html/php related than database
related.  FMP is for
> > FileMaker Pro.
> >
> > Can you give me an example of your suggestion?  I am
still quite new at
> > php and learn much better by example.
> >
> > Thanks Evert!
> >
> > Trish
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Evert Lammerts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:21 AM
> > To: VanBuskirk, Patricia
> > Cc: php-db@lists.php.net
> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Formatting in Text Area
> >
> > VanBuskirk, Patricia wrote:
> >
> >> I have a "customer description" text area field on my
form which feeds
> >>
> > through php to FMP,
> > What's FMP? Is that what links this email to the
db-list?
> >
> >>  and spits out a confirmation page and email.  The
issue I am having
> >>
> > is this ... as the customer types, the text wraps.  Many
put their own
> > hard returns and spaces in to organize their
description.  It seems I
> > can't get it to do both the wrap and show the actual
formatting entered.
> > If I format the field as physical wrap, the lines run
off the page on
> > the confirmation/printout.  If I format it as virtual,
then the hard
> > returns, etc get lost.  I have also tried using <PRE> on
the
> > confirmation page and email and that doesn't work
either.
> >
> >>
> >>
> > Line wrapping in a text area is a property of the text
area, not of the
> > text, as opposite to line breaks and hard returns. This
is why you won't
> >
> > find line break characters at the place the text used to
wrap in the
> > text area.
> >
> > What you can do of course is to add a div (or whatever
container you
> > feel like) of the same width / height as the text area
to the
> > confirmation page and replace \l\r with br 's.
> >
> >
>
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