text within textarea shifted after redisplay form

[rukkie]

After a redisplay of the form, caused by errors in other fields, the
text which is in the "Observ" textarea is shifted (some 8 places) to
the right (and this each time after a redisplay). The code used in case
of redisplay is :

<tr>
<td align="right">
Observations :
</td>
<td>
<textarea align="left" cols="50" rows="10" name="Observ">
<? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>
</td>
</tr>

Does anyone has a clue what is causing the shift and how to solve it ?

Thanks in advance

[Geoff Muldoon]

In article <11********************@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.c om>,
ru****@belgacom.net says...

After a redisplay of the form, caused by errors in other fields, the
text which is in the "Observ" textarea is shifted (some 8 places) to
the right (and this each time after a redisplay). The code used in case
of redisplay is :

<tr>
<td align="right">
Observations :
</td>
<td>
<textarea align="left" cols="50" rows="10" name="Observ">
<? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>
</td>
</tr>

Does anyone has a clue what is causing the shift and how to solve it ?

Thanks in advance

<textarea blah blah><? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>

All on one line. The HTML is including the indent whitespace of your code.

GM

[Rik]

rukkie wrote:

After a redisplay of the form, caused by errors in other fields, the
text which is in the "Observ" textarea is shifted (some 8 places) to
the right (and this each time after a redisplay). The code used in
case of redisplay is :

<tr>
<td align="right">
Observations :
</td>
<td>
<textarea align="left" cols="50" rows="10" name="Observ">
<? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>
</td>
</tr>

Does anyone has a clue what is causing the shift and how to solve it ?

Not without the cause of the errors.
Perhaps usefull pointers:
- using <?php is preferred instead of <?
- what does $_REQUEST['Observ'] do?
- are there any actions/errors which can alter $Observ?
- PHP has nothing to do with displaying, that's all HTML (/&CSS), so, what
does you HTML source say?
- I definitely count 8 spaces before <?, so displaying a linebreak, and 8
spaces, may be just correct behaviour.

In short:
What does this code do:
<textarea><?php echo $_REQUEST['Observ'] ;?></textarea>

Grtz,
--
Rik Wasmus

[rukkie]

Geoff Muldoon schreef:

In article <11********************@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.c om>,
ru****@belgacom.net says...

After a redisplay of the form, caused by errors in other fields, the
text which is in the "Observ" textarea is shifted (some 8 places) to
the right (and this each time after a redisplay). The code used in case
of redisplay is :

<tr>
<td align="right">
Observations :
</td>
<td>
<textarea align="left" cols="50" rows="10" name="Observ">
<? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>
</td>
</tr>

Does anyone has a clue what is causing the shift and how to solve it ?

Thanks in advance

<textarea blah blah><? echo $Observ ;?></textarea>

All on one line. The HTML is including the indent whitespace of your code.

GM

Thanks for the quick response. Getting rid of the indent is solvind the
problem !!!

[the DtTvB]

Data should be htmlspecialchar()ed also if used in textarea.
It prevents user from entering '</textarea>' and break the form.