RE: [PHP-DB] TEXTAREA ...

good day/afternoon/night why do i get this : $content = htmlentities($content);<br /> when i insert this : $content = htmlentities($content);[new line] using this : $thePost = nl2br(addslashes(htmlspecialchars($HTTP_POST_VARS["POST"]))); when i want this : $content = htmlentities($content);<br> and i sometimes get <br /><br /> once again sorry for asking non-db questions good work -----Mensagem original----- De: Martin Clifford [mailto:MLC1@nrc.gov] Enviada: quarta-feira, 17 de Julho de 2002 15:02 Para: martin.adler@continum.net; php-db@lists.php.net Assunto: Re: [PHP-DB] TEXTAREA ... Yup. So: $content = nl2br(htmlentities(stripslashes($content))); // Good for echo'ing HTML into the page $content = nl2br($content); // Good for showing $content with HTML formatting Martin Clifford Homepage: http://www.completesource.net Developer's Forums: http://www.completesource.net/forums/ >>> "Martin Adler" <martin.adler@continum.net> 07/17/02 09:48AM >>> >>> That's right but if the variable is initialised by the form and you want to write the variable in to your html-document it's better to write this $content = nl2br(htmlentities(stripslashes($content))); ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Clifford" <MLC1@nrc.gov> To: <jmoreira@e-terno.net>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] TEXTAREA ... $content = nl2br($content); That will convert all newline characters into <br> tags. HTH Martin Clifford Homepage: http://www.completesource.net Developer's Forums: http://www.completesource.net/forums/ >>> José Moreira <jmoreira@e-terno.net> 07/17/02 09:15AM >>> hello ... im sorry to bother with a non-db question but i searched for this and got 0 record :P its all about the wrappig in textareas: how can i convert the end of line/ line breaks ['enter' keys] that the user hits while filling a textarea so that when i display the record content the text does break where the user intended ??? ex.: <textarea>bla blah blah bla blah blah</textarea> if i echo() this textarea value i will apear in a single line even if the user pressed enter 2 break the line -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php