Formatting in Text Area
am 01.02.2008 15:10:55 von pvanbuskirk
Sorry, I had sent this first to my FileMaker list, but then realized it
was probably more html/php related than database related. FMP is for
FileMaker Pro.
Can you give me an example of your suggestion? I am still quite new at
php and learn much better by example.
Thanks Evert!
Trish
-----Original Message-----
From: Evert Lammerts [mailto:evert.lammerts@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:21 AM
To: VanBuskirk, Patricia
Cc: php-db@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Formatting in Text Area
VanBuskirk, Patricia wrote:
> I have a "customer description" text area field on my form which feeds
through php to FMP,
What's FMP? Is that what links this email to the db-list?
> and spits out a confirmation page and email. The issue I am having
is this ... as the customer types, the text wraps. Many put their own
hard returns and spaces in to organize their description. It seems I
can't get it to do both the wrap and show the actual formatting entered.
If I format the field as physical wrap, the lines run off the page on
the confirmation/printout. If I format it as virtual, then the hard
returns, etc get lost. I have also tried using
on the
confirmation page and email and that doesn't work either.
> =20
Line wrapping in a text area is a property of the text area, not of the=20
text, as opposite to line breaks and hard returns. This is why you won't
find line break characters at the place the text used to wrap in the=20
text area.
What you can do of course is to add a div (or whatever container you=20
feel like) of the same width / height as the text area to the=20
confirmation page and replace \l\r with br 's.
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Re: Formatting in Text Area
am 01.02.2008 16:24:34 von lists.zxinn
Hi Patricia,
You can impose width restrictions on the textarea field and forcefully
wrap lines longer than the desired length afterwards (if you save it,
save it as-is for better portability). To wrap text with PHP when you
print it, or want to send the e-mail, there is a function called
wordwrap(). Be sure to split the string at every line break though.
Using white-spaces for formating will only work if your output of the
text is with a fixed-width font. The
html tag will do this for
you, but it won't look pretty. Use CSS to style it is my advise.
Something to bear in mind with regards to e-mail is that the "standard"
line width is 72 characters if I remember correctly.
Comparison of fixed-width fonts
http://www.cfcl.com/vlb/h/fontmono.html
Example code (not tested, so I'm not sure it will run as-is):
$text = $_POST["textareainput"];
$long_lines = split("\n", $text);
$split_text = "";
$width = 72;
foreach ($long_lines as $oneline) {
$split_text = $split_text . wordwrap($oneline, $width, "\n") . "\n";
}
// $split_text will have one more newline at the end than what you
started with, so let's clean it up
$split_text = substr($split_text, 0, -1);
echo "" . $split_text . "
";
// or
echo nl2br($split_text);
?>
/Tobias
VanBuskirk, Patricia wrote:
> Sorry, I had sent this first to my FileMaker list, but then realized it
> was probably more html/php related than database related. FMP is for
> FileMaker Pro.
>
> Can you give me an example of your suggestion? I am still quite new at
> php and learn much better by example.
>
> Thanks Evert!
>
> Trish
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evert Lammerts [mailto:evert.lammerts@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:21 AM
> To: VanBuskirk, Patricia
> Cc: php-db@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Formatting in Text Area
>
> VanBuskirk, Patricia wrote:
>
>> I have a "customer description" text area field on my form which feeds
>>
> through php to FMP,
> What's FMP? Is that what links this email to the db-list?
>
>> and spits out a confirmation page and email. The issue I am having
>>
> is this ... as the customer types, the text wraps. Many put their own
> hard returns and spaces in to organize their description. It seems I
> can't get it to do both the wrap and show the actual formatting entered.
> If I format the field as physical wrap, the lines run off the page on
> the confirmation/printout. If I format it as virtual, then the hard
> returns, etc get lost. I have also tried using on the
> confirmation page and email and that doesn't work either.
>
>>
>>
> Line wrapping in a text area is a property of the text area, not of the
> text, as opposite to line breaks and hard returns. This is why you won't
>
> find line break characters at the place the text used to wrap in the
> text area.
>
> What you can do of course is to add a div (or whatever container you
> feel like) of the same width / height as the text area to the
> confirmation page and replace \l\r with br 's.
>
>
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Re: Formatting in Text Area
am 02.02.2008 10:43:02 von bedul
i'm just add Tobias script.
put "rtrim" and "ltrim" to have a better result.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tobias Franzén"
To:
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Formatting in Text Area
> Hi Patricia,
>
> You can impose width restrictions on the textarea field
and forcefully
> wrap lines longer than the desired length afterwards (if
you save it,
> save it as-is for better portability). To wrap text with
PHP when you
> print it, or want to send the e-mail, there is a function
called
> wordwrap(). Be sure to split the string at every line
break though.
>
> Using white-spaces for formating will only work if your
output of the
> text is with a fixed-width font. The html tag will
do this for
> you, but it won't look pretty. Use CSS to style it is my
advise.
>
> Something to bear in mind with regards to e-mail is that
the "standard"
> line width is 72 characters if I remember correctly.
>
> Comparison of fixed-width fonts
> http://www.cfcl.com/vlb/h/fontmono.html
>
> Example code (not tested, so I'm not sure it will run
as-is):
>
> $text = $_POST["textareainput"];
> $long_lines = split("\n", $text);
> $split_text = "";
> $width = 72;
> foreach ($long_lines as $oneline) {
> $split_text = $split_text . wordwrap($oneline, $width,
"\n") . "\n";
> }
> // $split_text will have one more newline at the end than
what you
> started with, so let's clean it up
> $split_text = substr($split_text, 0, -1);
> echo "" . $split_text . "
";
> // or
> echo nl2br($split_text);
> ?>
>
> /Tobias
>
> VanBuskirk, Patricia wrote:
> > Sorry, I had sent this first to my FileMaker list, but
then realized it
> > was probably more html/php related than database
related. FMP is for
> > FileMaker Pro.
> >
> > Can you give me an example of your suggestion? I am
still quite new at
> > php and learn much better by example.
> >
> > Thanks Evert!
> >
> > Trish
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Evert Lammerts [mailto:evert.lammerts@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:21 AM
> > To: VanBuskirk, Patricia
> > Cc: php-db@lists.php.net
> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Formatting in Text Area
> >
> > VanBuskirk, Patricia wrote:
> >
> >> I have a "customer description" text area field on my
form which feeds
> >>
> > through php to FMP,
> > What's FMP? Is that what links this email to the
db-list?
> >
> >> and spits out a confirmation page and email. The
issue I am having
> >>
> > is this ... as the customer types, the text wraps. Many
put their own
> > hard returns and spaces in to organize their
description. It seems I
> > can't get it to do both the wrap and show the actual
formatting entered.
> > If I format the field as physical wrap, the lines run
off the page on
> > the confirmation/printout. If I format it as virtual,
then the hard
> > returns, etc get lost. I have also tried using on
the
> > confirmation page and email and that doesn't work
either.
> >
> >>
> >>
> > Line wrapping in a text area is a property of the text
area, not of the
> > text, as opposite to line breaks and hard returns. This
is why you won't
> >
> > find line break characters at the place the text used to
wrap in the
> > text area.
> >
> > What you can do of course is to add a div (or whatever
container you
> > feel like) of the same width / height as the text area
to the
> > confirmation page and replace \l\r with br 's.
> >
> >
>
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