RE: [PHP-DB] escaping line brakes
| From: | joakim dot andersson at cybercom dot se | Date: | Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:08:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DB] escaping line brakes | ||
| Groups: | php.db | ||
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> From: Andy [mailto:news.letters@gmx.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 2:45 PM
> Hi there,
>
> I am putting text into a mysql db from a form field. I do include the
> linebrakes with line2br.
>
> Now I would like to create an interface where I could load
> the text into the
> form again to edit it. Unfortunatelly it includes some wired
> chars like \br
> into the text. How can I get rid of that?
When did you use nl2br() (which I assume you mean)? Before you store the the
data in the database or when you retrive it?
If before then use echo str_replace("<br />", "\n", $your_string)
If when you retrieve the data for output to the form, then just don't use
nl2br().
Regards
Joakim Andersson
>
> Thanx for any help,
>
> Andy