Hello,
I recently upgraded to CKEditor 3.2 from FCK editor 2.x because of this very problem. Here it is:
I have a php script that updates my SQL table through the CKEditor. If I type in some text with normal breaks, etc. and submit it, there are more <br /> tags and unwanted spaces and breaks. If I press 'submit' again, it continues to increase the amount of line breaks. This happens in Chrome AND IE9 and I can't seem to figure out what the problem is. I have clicked 'source' in the editor and edited it there, but it still adds the extra breaks. Here's the flow:
I type this into the text area:
=======================
This is my text. <ctrl+enter><ctrl+enter> This is the next line. *submit
=========================
Returns source:
==================================
<p>
<br />
This is my text.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
This is the next line.</p>
<br />
====================================
- if I click "submit" again, it returns:
====================================
<p>
<br />
<br />
<br />
This is my text.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
This is the next line.</p>
<br />
<br />
<br />
=======================================
Here is my php source code for the ck editor in my page:
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<textarea name="AnnounceDesc" id="AnnounceDesc" cols="80" rows="10" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt" onKeyDown="limitText(this,500);"
onKeyUp="limitText(this,500);"><?php echo $row_rsAnnounce['AnnounceDesc']; ?></textarea>
<script type="text/javascript">
CKEDITOR.replace('AnnounceDesc');
</script>
=====================================
This continues on and on if I need to edit the text - in this example, though, I'm not touching the text before I submit. I would like for the <br /> to not show up at all. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix this?
I'm very sorry if this issue has been addressed before - I have looked all over the forum and Google for a remedy and found several attempts, but nothing that has worked for my situation.
Thank You greatly!
Jeff
I recently upgraded to CKEditor 3.2 from FCK editor 2.x because of this very problem. Here it is:
I have a php script that updates my SQL table through the CKEditor. If I type in some text with normal breaks, etc. and submit it, there are more <br /> tags and unwanted spaces and breaks. If I press 'submit' again, it continues to increase the amount of line breaks. This happens in Chrome AND IE9 and I can't seem to figure out what the problem is. I have clicked 'source' in the editor and edited it there, but it still adds the extra breaks. Here's the flow:
I type this into the text area:
=======================
This is my text. <ctrl+enter><ctrl+enter> This is the next line. *submit
=========================
Returns source:
==================================
<p>
<br />
This is my text.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
This is the next line.</p>
<br />
====================================
- if I click "submit" again, it returns:
====================================
<p>
<br />
<br />
<br />
This is my text.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
This is the next line.</p>
<br />
<br />
<br />
=======================================
Here is my php source code for the ck editor in my page:
=========================
<textarea name="AnnounceDesc" id="AnnounceDesc" cols="80" rows="10" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt" onKeyDown="limitText(this,500);"
onKeyUp="limitText(this,500);"><?php echo $row_rsAnnounce['AnnounceDesc']; ?></textarea>
<script type="text/javascript">
CKEDITOR.replace('AnnounceDesc');
</script>
=====================================
This continues on and on if I need to edit the text - in this example, though, I'm not touching the text before I submit. I would like for the <br /> to not show up at all. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix this?
I'm very sorry if this issue has been addressed before - I have looked all over the forum and Google for a remedy and found several attempts, but nothing that has worked for my situation.
Thank You greatly!
Jeff
Re: Adding multiple <br /> tags upon textarea form submit
Re: Adding multiple <br /> tags upon textarea form submit
I'm sorry - I looked in my php code and found the issue - no issue with CKEditor at all. Thanks for your input alfonsoml - you actually got me on the right track!!