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Latchu
Latchu

Reputation: 109

How to read data from a html text box, and print(echo) the data in php in the same format as in the text box?

I am beginner to PHP and here is my question. I have a text box and a 'Print' button. If 'Print' button is clicked, it should display the list of names entered in the text box. I'd written the following code, but the problem is, if I click the 'Print' button, it shows the names in a single line, instead of showing names in line by line format. Can someone help me in this. Thanks.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Form Page</title>    
</head>
<body>

<form action="Files.php" method="get">
<textarea rows="15" cols="30" value="textbox" name="textbox"></textarea></br>
<input type="submit" value="Print" name="Print">
</form>

</body>
</html>

<?php
if(isset($_GET['Print'])){
    $file_print = $_GET["textbox"];
    echo $file_print;
}
?>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1094

Answers (2)

Shankar Narayana Damodaran
Shankar Narayana Damodaran

Reputation: 68526

You need to use nl2br() in PHP

Replace echo $file_print; with echo nl2br($file_print);

For edit..

echo nl2br($file_print);
file_put_contents('names.txt',$file_print,FILE_APPEND); //<-- Remove FILE_APPEND if you want to overwrite the file

Upvotes: 4

user1593330
user1593330

Reputation:

Use nl2br()

nl2br — Inserts HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string.

So in your case, you need to do this echo nl2br($file_print);

Upvotes: 1

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