php $_POST problem with text spaces

[Pouncer]

what im doing is posting the message from the previous page when the save button is clicked, and putting this message in the textbox..

                if (isset($_POST['Save'])) {
                    
                    $text = $_POST['textarea'];
                    
                    ?> <textarea align="center" name="textarea" cols="70" rows="13">
                        <? echo $text; ?>
                    </textarea>
.. blah blah

but the text appears indented in the textbox, any idea why?

[john tindell]

instread of

                    <textarea align="center" name="textarea" cols="70" rows="13">
                        <? echo $text; ?>
                    </textarea>

try

                    <textarea align="center" name="textarea" cols="70" rows="13"><? echo $text; ?></textarea>

Because you have indented your HTML (which is good) you have added in the space on the intentation to the text of the textarea.

[Pouncer]

ahh, i didnt know that had an effect, thanks alot!!

[penagate]

Textareas are set to white-space: pre unlike other elements which by default discard excess whitespace.