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On processing form data, w3c says:

"Line breaks are represented as "CR LF" pairs (i.e., `%0D%0A')."

This can catch you out if you test the script on one platform (win) and run it on another (unix) because newlines are treated differently.

It looks like tachyon's reply will catch both cases.


In reply to Re: Replacing new lines in multi line text box form fields with <br>. by wfsp
in thread Replacing new lines in multi line text box form fields with <br>. by awohld

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