Re: Wrapping problems

Hi, I've tried the solution you gave to be able to see the line breaks of a blob field of MySQL and it doesn't work. Sorry, I'm a newbie to PHP & MySQL. Can you imagine why it's not formatting (eg. line breaks) the text? Thanks in advance. Jorge "Ray Black III" <rblack@clickcom.com> escreveu na mensagem news:009c01bfcfce$1036c260$4516c6d1@clickcom.com... > By the text's "formatting" I guess you mean line breaks? I can't imagine > what else there is to format in straight text... > > Anyway, easy solution to this: > echo nl2br($str); > > http://www.php.net/manual/function.nl2br.php > > -r3- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul O' Connor <paul-oconnor@ardee.aibp.ie> > To: <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 11:33 AM > Subject: [PHP-DB] Wrapping problems > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using PHP and MySQL to develop a knowledge base at work. > > I'm kind of new to PHP. > > > > I have a problem in that users are asked to enter in a full description to > > the knowledge base via a textarea on a form. > > > > This info is then stored in a field of type text. > > > > My problem is in displaying this text field. The text that will be entered > > will be formatted, e.g. > > > > 1. Step 1 > > 2. Step 2 > > 3. Step 3 > > > > However, when I display the description (in a table) - the text looses > it's > > formatting giving > > 1. Step 1 2. Step 2 3. Step3. > > > > I've tried to use the <PRE> tag in the table generated by my PHP code but > > that results in the table growing as wide as the longest line of text > > instead of wrapping within the confines of the table. > > > > I've tried specifing a % width on my generated table but this doesn't work > > either. > > > > Any clues? > > > > Paul O' Connor. > > > > > > -- > > 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 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 21-08-2002