Line Breaks in Textarea Don't Work

alittle · November 1st, 2005, 10:26 PM

When I type something in my guestbook/comment textarea - line breaks don't appear. It shows everything as one big block of text. Does anyone have any idea why this is? Here's the address so you can see what I mean:

http://www.alittlebitofsunshine.com/comment.html

**David** · November 1st, 2005, 11:18 PM

I'm guessing the cgi program isn't using a linebreak function in it's coding.

**Kickersny.com** · November 2nd, 2005, 12:48 AM

If it's done with PHP then use nl2br(). If using Perl, then write a simple sub routine to convert it...

Code:

sub nl2br($text){
    $text = preg_replace( "/\\r\\n/", "<br />" );
    return $text;
}

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's horribly, horribly butchered, but it's been a long time since I've used Perl and I just wrote it off the top of my head.

**David** · November 2nd, 2005, 1:01 AM

I looked at the page code and the form is processing via a cgi script called mailform, so I'm guessing it might be a cpanel script.

**Kickersny.com** · November 2nd, 2005, 8:33 AM

That doesn't mean you can't modify it...

**David** · November 2nd, 2005, 5:10 PM

I know, I was just restating in case you missed it before, since you put up the php comment, too.

**Kayla** · November 2nd, 2005, 8:24 PM

There was so much help going on in this thread that it all conflicted. Time for group hug.

:hugs:

November 1st, 2005, 10:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
alittle Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Aug 2005 23 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Line Breaks in Textarea Don't Work When I type something in my guestbook/comment textarea - line breaks don't appear. It shows everything as one big block of text. Does anyone have any idea why this is? Here's the address so you can see what I mean: http://www.alittlebitofsunshine.com/comment.html

November 2nd, 2005, 12:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
Kickersny.com Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Hosted on SH58 1,688 posts Gave thanks: 6 Thanked 7 times	If it's done with PHP then use nl2br(). If using Perl, then write a simple sub routine to convert it... Code: sub nl2br($text){ $text = preg_replace( "/\\r\\n/", "<br />" ); return $text; } I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's horribly, horribly butchered, but it's been a long time since I've used Perl and I just wrote it off the top of my head. __________________ - Evan Charlton \| [site] \| Server - SH58

November 2nd, 2005, 8:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kickersny.com Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Hosted on SH58 1,688 posts Gave thanks: 6 Thanked 7 times	That doesn't mean you can't modify it... __________________ - Evan Charlton \| [site] \| Server - SH58

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November 2nd, 2005, 8:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Kayla Marketing Maven Surpass Staff Joined in May 2003 Lives in Chicago 24,757 posts Gave thanks: 946 Thanked 807 times	There was so much help going on in this thread that it all conflicted. Time for group hug. :hugs:

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