newline different character length php and js

Ok

I have a textarea field that is validated by Js, this textarea can and will contain the newline character

[CODE]n[/CODE]

so I validate in JS

[CODE]if(textareaname.value.length < 200)[/CODE]

this hten goes through to my php where i also check before I place in to the Database using MYSQL

[CODE]if( strlen($_POST[‘textareaname’]) < 200 )[/CODE]

but my php is giving me a different string length from my javascript.

It looks as if Javascript is counting a newline as 1 character and php is treating it as 2.

I have checked my slashes, I have used various REgex to check these data amounts. I have also Googled around and there doesnt seem much around.

Any ideas? Any suggestions as to how I can make php and javascript treat a newline as the same amount of characters?

Thanks in advance.

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