below is the guestbook php stuff that i used on a page. I changed and added it to it, it works fine. the only problem is having the text that users enter wrap as opposed to just stretching across the page until the line is complete. i looked at the page that you suggested pyro. i think the problem is that i dont know where to enter the appropriate code. when i did put it in, i put it on line 118, underneath the line where "$text = split("<break>", $text);" is. All I want to do is enter a command to tell the page to wrap the users text at like, 56 characters--thats about how many will fit on the line the way i have it setup now.
does this make any sense? :) i hope so....
<?PHP
$filename = "guestbook.txt"; #CHMOD to 666
$text = "";
if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$name = htmlspecialchars($_POST["name"]);
$message = htmlspecialchars($_POST["message"]);
$date = date ("l, F jS, Y");
$time = date ("h:i A");
$value = $message."<br>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 70%; font-weight: bold;\">added to by $name at $time on $date.</span>\n<break>\n";
##Write the file##
$fp = fopen ($filename, "a");
if ($fp) {
fwrite ($fp, $value);
fclose ($fp);
}
else {
echo ("Your entry could not be added.");
}
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
var good;
function checkEmailAddress(field) {
var goodEmail = field.value.match(/\b(^(\S+@).+((\.com)|(\.net)|(\.edu)|(\.mil)|(\.gov)|(\.org)|(\..{2,2}))$)\b/gi);
if (goodEmail) {
good = true;
}
else {
alert('Please enter a valid e-mail address.');
field.focus();
field.select();
good = false;
}
}
u = window.location;
m = "I thought this might interest you...";
function mailThisUrl() {
good = false
checkEmailAddress(document.eMailer.address);
if (good) {
window.location = "mailto:"+document.eMailer.address.value+"?subject="+m+"&body="+document.title+" "+u;
}
}
</script>
<script language="javascript">
function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it!
field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
// otherwise, update 'characters left' counter
else
countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
}
</script>
<title>Interactive Narrative</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
background-color: #FFFFFF;}
.one {font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;
font-family: helvetica, arial, tahoma;}
.two {font-size: 9pt; color: #000000;
font-family: helvetica, arial, tahoma;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="100%" height="100%" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td height="40%" class="two">-digital interactive narrative- <br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br>
<table align="center" border="0" bgcolor="#0099FF">
<tr>
<td width="50%" class="one">
<form action="<?PHP echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post">
<p> add your narrative:<br><br>
<textarea name="message" rows="10" wrap="physical" cols="65" onKeyDown="textCounter(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,300);"
onKeyUp="textCounter(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,300);"></textarea>
<br>
<input readonly type="text" name="remLen" size="7" maxlength="3" value="300">
<br>
<br>
your name: <input type="text" name="name" size="25">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="post your narrative"></p>
</form>
</td>
<td width="3%" class="one"> </td>
<td width="47%" valign="top" class="one">
I once got drunk and fell down. When I couldn't get back up again I decided to talk to an old news paper lying next to me.
When the newspaper didn't have a whole lot to say I decided to talk to the trashcan on the other side of me.
"I don't understand why you can empty me more often. You take everything you don't want and give it to me. Who says I
want it, you don't want it, why should I? Do you know what it is like having all this smelly gross garbage inside of you?"<br><br>
<?PHP
$contents = @file($filename) or die("No files in guestbook.");
foreach ($contents as $line_num => $line) {
$text .= $line;
}
$text = split("<break>", $text);
for ($i=0; $i<count($text)-1; $i++) {
echo "<div style=\"border: #0099FF 1px solid; padding: 5px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: #FFFFFF;\">";
echo $text[$i];
echo "</div>";
}
?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="3" class="one">
<form name="eMailer">
continue the narrative by sending it to someone,
enter their e-mail address below
<br>
<br>
<input type="text" name="address" size="25">
<br>
<input type="button" value="pass the narrative on" onClick="mailThisUrl();">
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>:confused: