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

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

In my case safari outputs spaces; or the lack of space, instead of
linebreaks inside textarea boxes, this might actually be the same bug.

Does FireFox do the same thing?

ggt667

On 3/8/07, Derrick Fogle <derrick at fogles.net> wrote:
> Convert the \n to \r just before sending the data to the database. In
> my experience, FX.php only turns \r into Pilcrows in Filemaker, not
> \n. But... it seems to output \n for pilcrows, instead of \r.
>
> On Mar 8, 2007, at 10:55 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
> > \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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> Derrick Fogle
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