Sorry, you DO need nl's, but it's \n not n\
PHPCoder wrote: > When you echo, you are adding to HTML, so you need <br> for new lines > not \n. There is a function called nl2br that converts the nl into > br's for you, so do this; > > $string="-line1n\ -line2 n\-line3"; > > $string = nl2br($string); > > echo "<br><textarea name='aria' cols='50' rows='2'>$string</textarea>"; > > > > > adi wrote: > >> i want to add in textarea a string with new line tag in it. how to do >> that? >> >> my try: >> $string="-line1n\ -line2 n\-line3"; >> echo "<br><textarea name='aria' cols='50' rows='2'>$string</textarea>"; >> >> but i see a single line instead of: >> -line1 >> -line2 >> -line3 >> >> tx in advance for any help >> > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
