On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:16 PM, John Taylor-Johnston < John.Taylor-Johnston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I have a <textarea> when submitted creates a new form with the textarea > data in a hidden field: > > <input name="DPRnarration" type="text" hidden form="DPRform" value="Enter > call > > narration here."> > > But when this new form gets resubmitted, the \n get stripped? > > <input name="DPRnarration" type="text" hidden form="DPRform" value="Enter > callnarration here."> > > I don't get it. > > There is nothing in my code that is stripping the \n? > > <input name="DPRnarration" type="text" hidden form="DPRform" value="<?php > echo stripslashes($_POST["**DPRnarration"]);?>"> > > Do I need to put it in another textarea and declare it hidden? > An input with type=text is used for single lines, so yes, newlines get stripped. Either use a textarea with style="display: none", or store the data in a session instead. - Matijn
