br to newline trouble

[mbarandao]

Good day all:

I’ve been experiencing a great difficulty resolving a problem concerning replacing

to an actual newline inside a textarea box. Much of the problem has been because the data in the textarea is populated via a php script in this manner:

    echo "formObj.servicedesc.value = '".toSafeString($inf["servicedesc"])."';n"; 

Inside my textarea box I get the following:

<br />On 12/01/10 @ 09:51<br />We performed the following:<br /><br />
information update<br /><br />----End of Service Report----<br /><br />On 12/01/10 @ 09:43<br />We performed the following:<br /><br />
information update<br /><br />----End of Service Report----<br /><br />On 11/29/10 @ 11:55<br />We performed the following:<br /><br />
Information update<br /><br />----End of Service Report----<br /><br />On 11/29/10 @ 04:41<br />We performed the following:<br /><br />
information update<br /><br />----End of Service Report----<br /><br />On 11/25/10 @ 09:34<br />We performed the following:<br /><br />
Information updateds<br /><br />----End of Service Report----<br /><br />On 11/25/10 @ 08:56<br />We performed the following:<br /><br />
We are performing an oil change<br />Changing new brakes<br />New tires<br /><br />----End of Service Report----<br />On 11/24/10 @ 09:43<br />We performed the following:<br /><br />
3Click here to add details of todays service<br /><br />----End of Service Report----<br /><br />On 11/24/10 @ 09:15<br />We performed the following:<br /><br />
<br />On 11/22/10 @ 02:24<br />We performed the following:<br /><br />
Click here to add details of todays serviced<br /><br />----End of Service Report----<br />";

Whereas, my ideal outcome is:

On 12/01/10 @ 09:51

We performed the following:



information update



----End of Service Report----



On 12/01/10 @ 09:43

We performed the following:



information update



----End of Service Report----



On 11/29/10 @ 11:55

We performed the following:



Information update



----End of Service Report----

My textarea box is written in html as follows:

I have used numerous preg_replace functions but unable to resolve. I’m think I may be placing it incorrectly.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
Mossa

[mbarandao]

Great news! Adding the following function to my php

function toSafeString($string) {

$string = str_replace('
', "n", $string); //this in particular

$string = preg_replace('/[rn]/s', '\n', $string);

return $string;

}  

the issue has been resolved! it was in particular the first $string.

To all of the great experts on this forum, I’m most appreciative for your selfless time.

The Best,
Mossa

[TheDoc]

Glad you got it sorted without any help! Always feels a little better that way!

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