At 12:55 23.01.2003, Neil M said:
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>Adi wrote:
>> i want to add in textarea a string with new line tag in it. how to do that?
>>
>> my try:
>> $string="-line1n\ -line2 n\-line3";
>> echo "<br><textarea name='aria' cols='50' rows='2'>$string</textarea>";
>>
>> but i see a single line instead of:
>> -line1
>> -line2
>> -line3
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Use nl2br(), something like:
echo '<textarea>', nl2br(htmlentities($string)), '</textarea>';
This should give you the results you need.
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