Re: Newbie Question

Yes there is: Using a php function called: nl2br() When the data is called from the db and printed to the page use $textdata = nl2br($textdata) This will preserve the enter button being pressed. Regards: Russ On Thu, 08 Nov 2001 09:54:16 -0600 Jay Fitzgerald <jayfitz@bayou.com> wrote: > Ok, I am still fairly new at PHP and MySQL also, so please bear with me. > > > TASK: I have a client that wants to have job openings listed on their site > and they want to be able to add, edit and delete the postings themselves. I > would do this in flat-file format but there is the risk of that file size > getting too large and slowing down the server. > > > SOLUTION: I have created a MySQL database that will hold all the postings > in a table called 'jobs' and have created a PHP form that will post this > jobs into the db. > > PROBLEM: When I go to the PHP form and enter all of the pertinent job > information, there is one specific field that will have to have carriage > returns/line breaks in it between paragraphs. Everything is working except > for this. Is there a way whenever the user presses <ENTER>, that either > PHP/MySQL will convert this into a <BR> tag only when being displayed in a > browser and not in the db?? > > > Can anyone out there please help me with this? I am available off-list as > well if it will be easier to pass code back and forth. Any assistance is > greatly appreciated! > > > > Should you have any questions, comments or concerns, feel free to call me > at 318-338-2034. > > Thank you for your time, > > Jay Fitzgerald, Design Director - CSBW-A, CPW-A, CWD-A, CEMS-A > ========================================================== > Bayou Internet..............(888) > 30-BAYOU........................http://www.bayou.com > Mississippi Internet.......(800) > MISSISSIPPI...............http://www.mississippi.net > Vicksburg Online..........(800) > MISSISSIPPI................http://www.vicksburg.com > ========================================================== > Tel: (318) 338-2034 ICQ: 38823829 Fax: > (318) 323-5053 > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > #-------------------------------------------------------# "Believe nothing - consider everything" Russ Michell Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge e: r.j.michell@apu.ac.uk w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam www.theruss.com #-------------------------------------------------------#