# $comment is input from the user via web form

# Fixes multi-line comments to actually be multi-line
$stripvariable = "\n";
$joinvariable = "&ltBR&gt";
@commentlines = split(/$stripvariable/, $comment);
$comment = join($joinvariable,@commentlines);

# This is supposed to eliminate blank lines but it doesn't work
#  $stripvariable = "&ltBR&gt\n&ltBR&gt";
#  $joinvariable = "&ltBR&gt";
#  @commentlines = split(/$stripvariable/, $comment);
#  $comment = join($joinvariable,@commentlines);

# I have no idea why this eliminates those funky rectangle 
# characters from the file but it does.
$stripvariable = "&ltBR&gt";
$joinvariable = "\n&ltBR&gt";
@commentlines = split(/$stripvariable/, $comment);
$comment = join($joinvariable,@commentlines);