[FX.php List] How to modify textarea text for posting back to FM

[Andy Gaunt]

William,

On your fields in question, you can use

str_replace(chr(10),'',strip_tags(stripslashes(trim($_POST['Fieldvalue']))))
;

This will remove the square 'chr(10)' and strip_tags, slashes and trim the
field for good measure.

A good idea to do this on a new variable and then use that variable to edit
the record with.

The str_replace(chr(10),'',YOUR POSTED FIELD HERE); is what should get rid
of your squares.


HTH

Andy Gaunt
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-----Original Message-----
From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of William Akey
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:38 PM
To: FX.php Discussion List
Subject: Re: [FX.php List] How to modify textarea text for posting back to
FM

Hi Dale,

Thanks.  I will check out the link you indicated. I already knew about  the
use of stripslashes(), nl2br() and other functions for the  purpose of
properly displaying text on a web page that has been drawn from a FileMaker
database.

What I am asking about is the less discussed reverse process: i.e, how to
correctly modify multi-paragraph text that has been displayed in a textarea
element on a web page and modified by an end user so that, when it is posted
back to the database via an FMEdit() command, it will end up in the proper
format in the database. Hopefully that is more clear.

Thanks again for your help.

William


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dale Bengston" <dbengston at preservationstudio.com>
To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [FX.php List] How to modify textarea text for posting back to
FM


> Hi WIlliam,
>
> stripslashes() can help, and nl2br() will properly format the
> paragraphs. You can find these and all sorts of string-manipulation
> magic at
>
> <http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Dale Bengston
>
> On May 8, 2006, at 4:38 PM, William Akey wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Apologies if this has come up numerous times before. I need to know
> > how to properly condition textarea text contaning multiple
> > "pagagraphs" that has been displayed and edited on a web page,
> > before it is posted back into the FileMaker database so that I
> > avoid getting the little square boxes showing up in the FileMaker
> > text fields.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
> >
> > William
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