Re: how to format the output of the text info that user uploaded?

On Sunday 18 August 2002 04:22 pm, you wrote: > I have a field in a form which allows user to upload thier biographys.Once > they upload a bunch of texts,the script I wrote automatically show it on a > webpage, however, the contents are all scrambled toghther without line > break and formatting.. > How am I able to show the formatted outputs? > > I tried to use <pre> </pre>, but it didn't work well. I suspect that those tags are the problem, because you are telling the browser that this output has been formatted already. Try using <p> .. </p> and let the browser format the text. That way any \n, extra spaces etc will just be ignored. > > Any suggestions? > > Thank you! > > Bo