This is a simple solution and it should work and you'll probably kick
yourself when you hear it *grin* Use:
<textarea rows=8 cols=50 name=open_why_good_consult><?echo
$open_why_good_consult?></textarea>
Put it all on one line, because the way you have it currently there are
white spaces in the textarea and a newline so it's always going to be FALSE
when testing to see if it's empty.
Cheers!
Rick
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away." - Revelation 21:4
> From: John Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:45:07 -0500 (EST)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] empty() & texarea
>
>
> I can't seem to get empty() to check if someone has left
> a textarea unanswered in an online form with code like
> the following:
>
> <textarea rows=8 cols=50 name=open_why_good_consult>
> <?echo $open_why_good_consult?>
> </textarea>
>
> if(empty($open_why_good_consult)) {
> print "Please fill in why you would be a good consultant";
> }
>
>
> Any ideas? It seems to work for things like this:
>
> <input type=text name=user_name size=8 value="<?echo $user_name?>">
>
> if empty($user_name) {
> print "Please fill in a username";
> }
>
> I suppose it is because the variable is not getting posted. Is
> there a way to post the variable?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
>
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