* and then Marek Kilimajer declared.... > Nick Wilson wrote: > >hello all, > > > >For reasons beyond my immediate control i have to keep some strings of > >text in a text *new line delimited* text file. I also have to urlencode > >those strings for use in my script. > > > >Like this: > > > >## text file > >This is a line\nThis is another line > >This is another string\nwith some more\nnew lines > > > >Problem is, that urlencoding those lines doesnt seem to work well the > >the \n's - when they get to where they are going (another server, not in > >my control) the new lines are no longer there... > > > >Can anyone tell me how to get round this issue without storing the > >strings in another way? - many thanks! ;-) > > Because what you are doing is not urlencoding. Try > > echo urlencode("This is a line\nThis is another line");
Yep, i can see that it's encoded but when the data is POSTed to a form, it does not come out as a newline... -- Nick W -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php