Hey Guys,

I have a form with a multiline text field, when the form is submitted I get the input with

$text = $_POST[text];

I need to know how many lines are in the var $text, how would I do this if it is posible.

Thanks in advance.

PHP Code:

// Split string on newlines into an array
// explode() is faster but for newlines we want to catch \r\n
$lines = preg_split('/[\r\n]+/', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
// Count number of keys and echo results
echo count($lines); 


Hey Thanks for the help, one more thing I need it to count the spaces (blank line also).

I think I figured it out, I just removed the \r thanks again Tekime

This is what I needed it for

http://thephpguy.net/tools/php.color.coder.php

The number lines on the side.
This is a Syntax Highlighter for your PHP code.

Cool, good luck with the script glad I could help.