Question

This question follows an earlier one.

Here is some code that reproduces the problem:

POST:

str = "accountRequest=<NewUser>" & vbLf & _
"Hello" & vbTab & "World" & vbLf & _
"</NewUser>"


Set objHTTP = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP.3.0")
objHTTP.open "POST", "service.asp", False 
objHTTP.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
objHTTP.send str

response.Write(objHTTP.responseText)

Set objHTTP = Nothing

service.asp:

function w (str)
response.Write(str & "<br>")
end function

str = request.Form("accountRequest")

w(str)
w("Tabs: "& InStr(str,vbTab))
w("Lines: "& InStr(str,vbLf))

output:

HelloWorld
Tabs: 0
Lines: 0

Can anyone please help?

Answer 1

Finally figured out that ASP Request.Form method doesn’t preserve tabs if they’re in the “\t” format (as opposed to URL encoded). However, PHP’s $_POST does.