PHP - Textarea And Nl2br

I have the following code, and for some reason the nl2br() function doesnt work anymore it did until i added the pred_replace part:

$topic = $_POST['topic'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$board = $_POST['board'];

$topic = stripslashes($topic);
$message = stripslashes($message);
$board = stripslashes($board);

$topic = mysql_real_escape_string($topic);
$message = mysql_real_escape_string($message);
$board = mysql_real_escape_string($board);

$message = nl2br($message); 

        $message = preg_replace("/\[b\](.*)\[\/b\]/Usi", "<b>\\1</b>", $message);
        $message = preg_replace("/\[u\](.*)\[\/u\]/Usi", "<u>\\1</u>", $message);
        $message = preg_replace("/\[i\](.*)\[\/i\]/Usi", "<i>\\1</i>", $message);
        $message = preg_replace("/\[center\](.*)\[\/center\]/Usi", "<center>\\1</center>", $message);
        $message = preg_replace("/\[right\](.*)\[\/right\]/Usi", "<p align=right>\\1</p>", $message);
        $message = preg_replace("/\[url=http://(.*)\](.*)\[\/url\]/Usi", "<a href=\"\\1\">\\2</a>", $message);
        $message = preg_replace("/\[img=(.*)\]/Usi", "<img src=\"\\1\">", $message);
        $message = preg_replace("/\[profile=(.*)\](.*)\[\/profile\]/Usi", "<a href=\"index.php?step=profile&profile=\\1\">\\2</a>", $message);
        $message = preg_replace("/\[quote](.*)\[\/quote\]/Uis", "<div>Quote:</div><div style=\"border:solid 1px;\">\\1</div>", $message);

although im using nl2br, and \r\n in the code below, my results are still displaying;

result1,result2,result2

opposed to

result1
result2
result3

How can i change to this format?

$code = $_GET['postcode'];
$message = $_GET['message'];
$shortcode = substr($code,0,2);
$subject = "subject here";
$result = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM treesurgeons WHERE postcode like '%" . $shortcode . "%' ORDER BY companyName LIMIT 3")
or die(mysql_error());  
echo "<h2>Business Names:</h2>";
$number_of_results = mysql_num_rows($result);
$results_counter = 0;
if ($number_of_results != 0) 
{while ($array = mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
{$email = $array['email'];
$results_counter++;
if ($results_counter >= $number_of_results) {$to .= $email;} 
else {$to .= $email . ',';}}}
$headers = 'From: me@me.com' . "\r\n" .
    'Reply-To: me@me.com' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
$message .= "\r\n". $to ;
echo nl2br ($message);
mail( "$to", "$subject","$message", "$headers");
echo "<br>" . "Thank you for using our mail form.";
?></body></html>

Hi

I am trying to use the nl2br function like this

while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($query)) {
//May need this later to output pictures   
//     $imageURL = 'upload/'.rawurlencode($row["filename"]);
  echo
  
   "  <div class='divTableRow'>
<div class='divTableCell'>{$row['User']} ;</div>
<div class='divTableCell'>nl2br({$row['CommentText']});</div>
</div>


    \n";
}

However the output just looks like the attached picture.

When I check in the sql db I can see the line breaks when doing a select * from Table ;

 

I have a form that generates html code, and displays it in a textarea with submit button.

I want to submit button to take the data entered in that textarea1 on page 1, and upload to textarea2 on page 2
How can I do this? I have no idea where to start.

hey guys i need to refresh on blur to get to post the upc code inserted in the textarea for product search..   i got the but i can't find the way to post the item  

<script>
function reload() {
    window.location.assign("http://store.radioauto.ca/POS/auto.php?Item=upc code here")
}
</script>
      <input type="text" id="upc" name="upc" onblur="reload()" value="<?=$_GET['item']?>"/>
 

Hi All,

New to PHP so any help appreciated

 

Can anyone explain why this;

      <tr><td><label for="notes">Notes:</label> 
          <td><input type="text" id="notes" name="notes" maxlength="250" size="70" value="<?php if (!empty($notes)) echo $notes; ?>"></input></td>
      </tr>

Displays data from a MySQL database (field $notes, VARCHAR(250) )

and this;

  <tr><td class=textboxlabel><label for="notes">Notes:</label> 
      <td><textarea id="notes" name="notes" rows="4" cols="70" maxlength="250" value="<?php if (!empty($notes)) echo $notes; ?>"></textarea></td>
  </tr>

displays nothing????

 

Not sure how much info to provide........

Edited November 20, 2019 by cyberRobot
Added a more meaningful post title

i have a textarea and the content is description. how do i save this to database, because sometimes it has ' and " so it fails when i insert it into database, what should i use addslashes?

I have a textarea displaying data from a mysql table. However, a user discovered today that if they use a carriage return in the textarea, the data comes out with "rn" at the location in the text where the carriage return goes. I have been searching the forums for a while this afternoon and have found quite a few references to this, but have been unable to fix my problem.

I am using mysql_real_escape_string before inserting into database (I am not using anything else at insertion time). Is there something else that I should be using at either the insertion into the database or when I display the data? I have tried various combinations of htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities() and nl2br() with no luck.

Here is a sample of the output in my textarea:

Quote

copy diagonal lines and a square with no more than 1/4" overlap or gap at point of closure(modified).rn2.Patient will draw a person ........

Should look like:
Quote

copy diagonal lines and a square with no more than 1/4" overlap or gap at point of closure(modified).
2.Patient will draw a person ........

Thanks for the help.
Matt

I'm trying to add a textarea box at the bottom of this form so I can type in note or comments. The issue I'm running into is, the textarea box does not cover the full width of the form...can someone take a look at this code & help me out? I've also attached a .jpg of what I'm seeing in the browser. Thanks

Code: [Select]


<td>
<textarea name="comments" cols"100" rows="5">
</textarea><br>
</td>

Hello, iam almost done with my project .. except there is one more thing left which somehow i cant manage to figure it out....... i manged to make a proxy array which rotates proxies randomly on every try..... but i want for my users to be able to add them manually via the textarea... so they put their proxies and
as much as they want...... so then i guess explode should be used to fetch the proxies that were added by the user from the textarea and put them in an array like u see down and then with the curl array_rand it randomises them on evry try The real problem is i dnt know how to indetidy the explode cause iam not adding them manually they will be added via textare by users....... so when they add the ips they need to be fetched from the textare.
THNX IN ADVACE

$proxies = array(  
    '000.000.000.00:000',   <----------------- should i keep this ? cause ips will be added from textarea by users ?
    '000.000.000.00:000',  
    '000.000.000.00:000',  
    '000.000.000.00:000',  

);  
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY,$proxies[array_rand($proxies)]);  <----- AFTER and array is made using exploit this will call it :)

<textarea cols='22' class='area' rows='14' name='proxies'>PROXIES</textarea><br><input type='submit' value='Test'><br></p><p align='center' dir='ltr'><b>  

Edited by madmike3, 20 August 2014 - 05:29 AM.

If the html td changes size, the code below should resize the textarea to fit the html td. The code works for old browsers but why is it not working for new browsers?

$(document).ready(function() {
$('textarea').parent().resize(function() {
var $t = $(this);
$t.find('textarea').height($t.height());
}).resize();
});

Hi,
This is driving me to distraction. I have been using this code Code: [Select]
<?php
$mailto = "edwin@btconnect.com";
$subject = "enquiry";
$message = "Values submitted from web site form:";
$header = "From: ".$_POST['email'];
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value)
{
   if (!is_array($value))
   {
      $message .= "\n".$key." : ".$value;
   }
   else
   {
      foreach ($_POST[$key] as $itemvalue)
      {
         $message .= "\n".$key." : ".$itemvalue;
      }
   }
}
mail($mailto, $subject, stripslashes($message), $header);
?>
very successfully but now I want to receive information from a 'textarea' in a form but it just doesn't get treated as input.
The form is here;
         <form name="enquiry" method="post" action="feedback.php">
              <tr>
                <td align="left">Name:</td>
                <td align="right"><input type="text" name="name" size="25" value=""></td>
              </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">email:</td>
              <td align="right"><input type="text" name="email" size="25" value=""></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top">Blurb:</td>
              <td align="right"><textarea rows="4" cols="19" value=""></textarea></td>
            </tr>
        <tr><td colspan="2" align="right">  <input name="submit" type="image" src="report.gif" width="40" height="20" border="0">
        </td></tr></form>
Can anyone please help?
edwind

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