Description:
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Hello,    
 
run the following script and enter in the text area the    
value : 
line 1 
line 2 
 
<?php 
$out .= '<form action="test3.php" method="post">'; 
$out .= '<textarea name="body" rows="10" cols="70">'; 
if (isset($_POST['body'])) { 
        $out .= $_POST['body']; 
        $out .= '</textarea><br /><br />'."\n"; 
} else { 
        $out .= '</textarea><br /><br />'."\n"; 
} 
if (isset($_POST['body2']) && !empty($_POST['body2'])) { 
        if (strcmp($body, $body2)) { 
                $out .= "strings are the same !"; 
        } else { 
                $out .= "strings are not the same !<br/>". 
                $_POST['body']."<br/>". 
                $_POST['body2']."<br/>"; 
        } 
} else { 
        $out .= '<input type="hidden" name="body2"'.'     
value="'.$_POST['body'].'">'."\n"; 
} 
$out .= '<input type="submit" name="submit" value     
="record">';     
$out .= "</form>";     
echo $out;     
?>     
 
 
It always shows the same thing : "strings are not the    
same !" . The character new line "\n" is not recorded when    
it is coming from a hidden tag in html form. 
 
I am using safe_mode and php 5.0.4. 
 
Nicolas 

Reproduce code:
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<?php
$out .= '<form action="test3.php" method="post">';  
$out .= '<textarea name="body" rows="10" cols="70">';  
if (isset($_POST['body'])) {  
        $out .= $_POST['body'];  
        $out .= '</textarea><br /><br />'."\n";  
} else {  
        $out .= '</textarea><br /><br />'."\n";  
}  
if (isset($_POST['body2']) && !empty($_POST['body2'])) {  
        if (strcmp($body, $body2)) {  
                $out .= "strings are the same !";  
        } else {  
                $out .= "strings are not the same !<br/>".  
                $_POST['body']."<br/>".  
                $_POST['body2']."<br/>";  
        }  
} else {  
        $out .= '<input type="hidden" name="body2"'.'  
value="'.$_POST['body'].'">'."\n";  
}  
$out .= '<input type="submit" name="submit" value  
="record">';  
$out .= "</form>";  
echo $out;  
?>  


Expected result:
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If you enter the 2 following lines in the text area :  
line1 
line2  
  
The result of the script always shows :  
  
strings are not the same !  
line1 line2 
line1 line2 
 
Out that should show this : 
strings are the same !