Phantom of the TEXTAREA

[aktar]

Ok, I've been spending hours trying to catch this "phantom" bug but just cant locate it.
This is the code
[php]
<?php


//this is an array containing the filed attribute
$field = array();

$field["NAME"] = 'Description';
$field["ID"] = 'Description';
$field["COLS"] = 3;
$field["ROWS"] = 4;
$field["CLASS"] = "dummy";
$field["DUMMY1"] = "dummy";
$field["DUMMY2"] = "dummy";
$field["DUMMY3"] = "dummy";
$field["DUMMY4"] = "dummy";

//I left some details out to make is easier to read, but I'm sure you get the picture
//now I print these attribuets
$holder_variable = NULL;
foreach ($field as $attribute => $value)
{
$holder_variable .= " $attribute='$value' ";
}

print $holder_variable;

//the eventual result should have been something like this :
// Name='Description' ID='Description' COLS='75' ROWS='20' CLASS='hidden' DUMMY1='dummy' DUMMY2='dummy' DUMMY3='dummy' DUMMY4='dummy'

//but what actually happens is this
//Name='Description' ID='Description' COLS='75' ROWS='20'

?>
[/php]
Can any of you good people out there shed any light on this matter?
Oh, and if its of any importance, the codes belong to a class member, running on php5
I'll be glad to share the whole class with you if you need more info

[Atli]

Hi Aktar.

I copied your code and ran it on my test server, which is PHP 5.1.6 btw.
I got these results:

NAME='Description' ID='Description' COLS='3' ROWS='4' CLASS='dummy' DUMMY1='dummy' DUMMY2='dummy' DUMMY3='dummy' DUMMY4='dummy'
 

Isn't that what you expected?

The problem could be in the rest of the method... could you post the entire method this code belongs to?

[aktar]

Hi Aktar.

I copied your code and ran it on my test server, which is PHP 5.1.6 btw.
I got these results:

NAME='Description' ID='Description' COLS='3' ROWS='4' CLASS='dummy' DUMMY1='dummy' DUMMY2='dummy' DUMMY3='dummy' DUMMY4='dummy'
 

Isn't that what you expected?

The problem could be in the rest of the method... could you post the entire method this code belongs to?

Yes I got the same output when I ran it as a seperate script. But the same thing didnt run in the class.. very strange

I have since re-structured the method and textarea output seems to print nicely as expected

I was actually hoping that its some kind of PHP bug or something and not the actual script so I can vindicate myself :D

Thanks for looking