http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php
Instead of using <br /> I would use <p></p> tags. That's just me though. :)
On 2/7/06 12:38 PM, "Sam Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> From a <textarea> on a web form I'm attempting to convert all returns(\r),
> from the users input, to "<br />", for db INSERT, and then back again for
> display in the <textarea>. (They remain as <br />s for normal HTML web page
> display.)
>
> code:
> // From textarea to db UPDATE
> function addBR($tv) {
> $tv = addslashes($tv);
> $tv = str_replace("\r","<br />",$tv);
> // $tv = preg_replace("/(\r\n|\n|\r)/", "<br />", $tv);
> // $tv = preg_replace("/(\r\n|\n|\r)/", "", $tv);
> return $tv;}
>
> // For display in <textarea>
> function remBR($tv) {
> $tv = str_replace("<br />","\r",$tv);
> $tv = stripslashes($tv);
> return $tv;
> }
>
> IT ALL works fine accept if a return is entered in the form's <textarea> at
> the very beginning:
>
> mysql> SELECT jbs_jobDesA FROM jobs WHERE jbs_ID=77 \G
> *************************** 1. row ***************************
> jbs_jobDesA: <br />[the return is still here]
> Lesequam coreet la feum nulla feu facil iriure faccummolut ulput num augait
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
> the return is converted to <br />\r (leaving the return). AND then when
> converted back for for the <textarea> both are stripped out, that is, there
> is nothing in front of the first character. When resubmitted for UPDATE:
>
> mysql> SELECT jbs_jobDesA FROM jobs WHERE jbs_ID=77 \G
> *************************** 1. row ***************************
> jbs_jobDesA: Lesequam coreet la feum nulla feu facil iriure faccummolut
> ulput num augait
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
> Q. Why is that first return treated differently? All other returns are
> treated as expected.
>
> Thanks,
> sam
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