I haven't seen the rest of the thread, but form data looses all formatting. Line breaks will remain but HTML ignores them
look at nl2br() to convert them to <br> HTH Peter ----------------------------------------------- Excellence in internet and open source software ----------------------------------------------- Sunmaia www.sunmaia.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. 0121-242-1473 ----------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Blue Presley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 30 June 2002 23:31 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: text formatting > > > I'm using (and new to) PHP. any suggestions as to what functions, if any > exist, that would be appropriate for pre-formatting? > > thx, > blue > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gurhan Ozen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Blue Presley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:02 PM > Subject: Re: text formatting > > > > This should be handled before the data is even inserted into mysql. Have > > your scripting language that you use in the form handle this to have the > > resume formatted in the way you'd like and then have it insert the data > into > > mysql. > > Gurhan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Blue Presley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 5:34 PM > > Subject: text formatting > > > > > > > hello, > > > I have a web from that allows a user to submit a resume in > text format. > > How > > > do i make mysql respect the formatting of the text document so that it > is > > > pulled from the database as it was inserted? right now > everything comes > > > back as one paragraph. > > > > > > thanks, > > > blue > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Before posting, please check: > > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
