text file display problem...

[CstAn]

firstly, i got i form that allow user to enter their description for some title. In the form i had an textarea that let user enter any string.

then i will display based on the user adjustment in the textarea.
for exmaple:
user key in string 'abcd' then press 'enter' and continue key in 'edfg'....
when the user submit, the pages should display
abcd
edfg
at same time, it aslo write to a txt file based the user adjustment but must be in same line.
continue upper example:
the file should show display in "abcd<br />edfg"

my problem is, i can do on html (display output) but i cant done what i want to do in text file.

what i done in text file was:
abcd
<br />edfg

i must done that, because this was an input to other program.

anyone can help?

thanks

[mlseim]

When you bring in your <textarea>, let's say you named it "$caption" ...

$caption = $_REQUEST['caption'];
$caption = str_replace(chr(10), "", $caption);
$caption = str_replace(chr(13), "\n<br />", $caption);

Now when you save $caption in a file it will be:
abcde
<br />defgh
<br />ijlkmn

What it's doing.
First, getting rid of the linefeeds (making them null),
then changing the carriage returns to a newline and <br />

[CstAn]

what mean chr(10) n chr(13)???

this only work at text file?? how about doc file??

[mlseim]

what mean chr(10) n chr(13)???

chr(10) is linefeed
chr(13) is carriage return

It looks for those in the variable you've read from <textarea>,
then substitutes them so they don't go into your text file the same way.

You mentioned your problem was writing to the text file, not reading from it?

[CstAn]

ya...is writted to text file not read from text file..

thanks a lot