When getting the data out of a mySQL table with PHP, use:
$TextArea = nl2br($TextField);
If you are opening it into a form you shouldn't need any formatting as it
will detect the new lines and if using a TEXTAREA the lines will be as you
typed them initially.
If you want to save <BR>s when saving the data into the table, use the above
but then you won't need it when you pull the data back out.
Martin.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Lotito [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 29 March 2001 20:30
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Php Mailing List
Subject: RE: [PHP] Line breaks in PHP
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:29 AM
> To: Php Mailing List
> Subject: [PHP] Line breaks in PHP
>
>
> I have a form that edits the text on a web page by putting the
> data into a
> db and then outputting to the webpage when it is called. When I enter my
> text into my form I use the return key to start new lines, but
> when the text
> appears on my webpage it has no line breaks so the text just wraps to the
> width of the page.
>
> Is there any way of PHP picking up these line breaks so that the text will
> be formatted on my web page as it was on my form.
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt.
http://www.php.net/nl2br <<---- Check out that function. that is what you
need.
Jason Lotito
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