I'd like to get some sort of WYSIWYG editor for some other sites that I'll be doing in the future. Right now this one is just very basic. No need of letting, and actually really don't WANT them doing much more on this site at the moment. But yes, there will be a need for such things in the future.
On Oct 8, 8:44 am, mark_story <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you thought of using something like TinyMCE? It will generate > html for you as you type. Allowing you to do much more than > insert<br>'s. They are fairly easy to install with minimal work. > > -Mark > > On Oct 8, 3:59 am, Cody Sortore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've got a decent handle on PHP at least enough to get by. I'm not > > trying to create some social networking site or anything, just a very > > simple site that has some user comments and what not on it. > > > I'll admit I've never gone through and actually "learned" PHP most of > > what I've done was starting with PHP-Nuke modifying things, and adding > > in modules to that. Then I moved to WordPress for most of my sites > > and have modified the site, modified plugins, and made a few > > templates. And I have a few reference books... which aren't always > > much help if you don't know the terminology. > > > I'm sorry if I don't have a huge amount of knowledge when it comes to > > terminology, and there's a lot of very basic things such as the nl2br > > kind of stuff that I've missed. That's what I'm learning, and I'm > > very glad that there are places like this that I can learn and build > > my skills. > > > I've created some basic sites before with straight out PHP and MySQL > > it's tedious and no fun... I don't code for a living, just need some > > things to work the way I want them to and CakePHP offers that as it is > > much easier to get into than PHP. Personally I learn best by actually > > doing things, making mistakes, and asking others more experienced what > > I did wrong. I'm sorry if my n00bish questions are tedious and time > > consuming for you... you don't owe me anything or have to spend the > > time answering them though. I'm glad that there are people out there > > willing to help me and answer these questions for me so that I can > > learn though since tutorials, and books have only taken me so far... > > sometimes leaving off the basics you might need for simple forms. > > > On Oct 8, 1:42 am, "Turnquist, Jonah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I hope I do not seem mean but I recommend learning the php language a > > > bit better before getting into a framework. > > > > You sound like you are trying to create a form, and you want the data > > > entered in it to be displayed with <br /> tags instead of newlines > > > which does not output on the browser. Put the content through the > > > nl2br() function before outputting it to the browser. > > > > when you hit "enter" in an editor, what it creates is called a > > > "newline". As you seem to know, if you want a line-break outputted on > > > the browser, you need <br /> instead of the newline. That is what > > > nl2br() is for. > > > > On Oct 7, 10:52 pm, Cody Sortore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks, I like the nl2br solution. > > > > > When you say processing and filtering you do mean like data validation > > > > in the model right? If so yes... if you're talking about something > > > > else... uh probably not. Well I do have some $paginate restrictions > > > > in the controller (including a function that only displays approved > > > > comments). > > > > > On Oct 7, 9:20 pm, BrendonKoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Via PHP code, you could also process the data through PHP's nl2br() > > > > > function, which inserts <br /> tags prior to the newline (the newline > > > > > is not removed). Hopefully you're already processing and filtering > > > > > the user data anyway. > > > > > > On Oct 7, 7:33 pm, Cody Sortore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Okay, I know I sound like a complete n00b right now, and that's fine > > > > > > because I am. I've really only made applications for myself so far > > > > > > so > > > > > > putting in <br /> tags is no problem... but now that I'm trying to > > > > > > make something for other people to use how to I make it so that when > > > > > > they hit "enter" it will automatically put in a <br /> tag for me? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
