hi, download one of the php forum programs and look into their code. www.phpBB.com should be a good reference. --- Dani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ! > > How do I allow HTML entries into my database? > > I tried to insert a pre-formated text into my database. > When I pull the > data out and put it in a text field the formating is > still there, > HOWEVER when I retrive the record from the database > using "echo" all > the text formating is gone and it became just a straigh > line. What > function should I use in this case??? > > > Could anybody please help? > > Thank you! > Dani > > > Hi Dani, > > > > For sure you can use a database. There are two ways of > using your pr > > formatted text. > > > > 1)Allow HTML-entries for your database. Because the > bullets you have > > used in your mail are from a list-tag (<li></li>), > aren’t they? By > > that way you the user has two know HTML. > > > > 2)Use simple entries. For example: Instead of the > bullets you have > > used, just use “-“ as prefix for your list-item. Don’t > use HTML-tags! > > > > Putting into the database is very easy. Because it > doesn’t matter if > > there’s any whitespace in the entry. In my opinion you > should use as > > type something like tinytext or text (MySQL !!!). The > text-type allows > > entries with a size of about 65.000 bytes (65.000 > letters !!). > > > > I hope I could help you again. > > > > Bye, Marcel > > > > P.S.: Sorry for my bad english, but the last time I > really needed it > > was in school (about 7 years ago !!!) > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > > Von: Dani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2002 18:57 > > An: Marcel Besancon > > Betreff: Re: AW: [PHP] MORE QUESTION - Editing Database > > Wichtigkeit: Hoch > > > > Hi Marcel ! > > > > if for example I have got a pre formated text like > this: > > > > Tour > > Adventure Tour > > > > * Adult $123 > > * Children $123 > > * etc > > > > Because later when a user edit this online, the text > will be displayed > > on a web form (input text). I'm not sure that we can > still preserved > > the format of the text when we try to insert it back to > database. > > > > so...is it still possible???? > > > > Should I use BLOB as the type of the data in my > database or > > ......???? > > > > Thank you so much for your reply! It helps me to > understand more > > > > Sincerely, > > Dani > > >
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