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Returns in Textarea causing problems in csv export

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ScottSendraDesign
Member

I am having an issue when I import Gravity Forms csv forms into Excel. The form I created uses multiple textarea fields. If a return is entered into a textarea, i.e more than one paragraph is added, when I import the csv data into Excel, the return is interpreted as a line break. This messes up my columns quite a bit!

Is there a way of filtering for returns and replacing or deleting them? Or a way of preventing certain characters from being allowed in a textarea field?

Thank you!

Posted 11 years ago on Thursday May 16, 2013 | Permalink
post@smart-media.no
Member
Hi,
You can remove the returns before the data is saved to the database with the following script:
```
add_filter("gform_save_field_value", "save_field_value", 10, 4);
	function save_field_value($value, $lead, $field, $form){
		$new_value = str_replace(array("\n", "\t", "\r"), '', $value);
		return $new_value;
	}
```
\n removes new lines
\t removes tabs
\r remove carriage returns
Posted 11 years ago on Friday May 24, 2013 | Permalink