[eluser]nuwanda[/eluser]
Upon errors, I'm trying to use set_value like this in my view:
Code:
'value' => set_value((preg_replace ('/\r\n|\r|\n/', ' ','link_description')),'')
The link_description is the text in a textarea. I want to strip the new lines and carriage returns before displaying it.
The form displays the text as inputted but without the newlines stripped. The preg_replace (tested separately) works.
I'm thinking the set_value can't get a handle on text_description and instead defaults to the original text.
How can I apply a function to the set_value?
Edit: btw, I'm using strip_tags in the validation rule, but that ain't removing the newlines.
Edit 3: if I could apply preg_replace to my validation rule, I'd be fine. But I can't as the rules only take php functions that accept one param. You can do it with something like trim.
Edit 2: my goal is to take the textarea input and save it to my db as plain text. That actually works fine, it's just redisplaying it in the form that's the problem.
