[FX.php List] POSTing via Ajax to FX.php loses the newline chars--where?

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

\n will be overridden in Safari, but not FireFox, is my experience.

a bug in Safari perhaps? At least this bug affects <textarea> element

ggt667

On 3/8/07, Carl Anderson <Carl.Anderson at asu.edu> wrote:
> I've got a very simple Dashboard widget project (using FX.php on the back
> end) going, and I'm having trouble figuring out where in the process my
> error is occurring.
>
> Essentially the widget is using Ajax to POST some text, possibly with line
> breaks (or blank lines between paragraphs) to a PHP page, where FX.php takes
> that info and inserts it into the database.  The trouble is that at some
> step of the process the \n characters are getting lost, so:
>
> Test
> Test
> Test
>
> becomes "TestTestTest" in the actual database.
>
> I know many of you are using Ajax implementations, based on the discussion
> recently, so I thought there might be someone who can shed some light on
> things and point me in the right direction.
>
> I've got a sharp-minded colleague assisting, but we're both a bit
> stumped...at least I know I am!
>
> Any and all assistance would be appreciated, even if it's just to tell me
> that it's the Ajax problem and not FX.php.  (Even if you could give me a
> workaround, I'd be happy!)
>
> --
> Carl Anderson
> Technical Support Analyst
> Distance Learning
> Herberger College of the Arts
> Arizona State University
> http://herbergeronline.asu.edu
>
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