Hi

Using FMSA on Windows Server 2003.

returns within a textarea form field via IWP or XSL or PHP result in a rectangle box at the end of each line when viewed via filemaker client. I have looked through many posts and have found a couple of people have had the same type of problem but I have not seen a solution. I first thought this was only an XSL problem so I asked there and Martin was kind enough to make a couple of suggestions but now it looks like a more global problem for me.

thanks!

steven durow

This is likely to be the FM Vertical Tab. It has a hex value of "x0B". You can find its other values at:

http://www.lookuptables.com/

We use a str_replace("",'<br />') function to replace them with a break. We have also used chr(11) to find them.

Good Luck.

Garry

Thanks for the help. Could you please help clarify.

Say I have

$skills=$_POST['skills'];

I tried this

$skills=str_replace($skills," ",'<br />')

Which put just <br /> in the skills field that is it everything else is gone.

I also put chr(11) instead of what you typed but that did not work either.

Sorry but I am new to PHP.

Also within FileMaker, how can I get rid of the rectangles? I have tried using

Substitute(assessments_description,"|","")

I have also tried to copy the rectangle but that did not work either.

Again thank you so much for replying!

Try this:

$skills=str_replace($skills,chr(11),'<br />');

In FM (not IWP) are they appearing as new lines in a text field? If not they may not be chr(11). They could be Carriage Returns (different between Mac, Win, Lin). This would be chr(13).

All the best.

Garry

It looks like I had the syntax wrong.

This worked:

$skills=str_replace(chr(10),'',$skills);

Thank you so much Garry for getting me there! I appreciate it.

Whoops, I should have picked-up the syntax as well.

All the best.

Garry

See also http://www.fmforums.com/threads/showflat...SID=#Post167427