Re: Wrapping problems

Well, it sounds like you need to get ahold of some regular expressions... here's how one might handle a large number of spaces: echo eregi_replace ( " ", " &nbsp;", nl2br( $str ) ); Yeah, it's nasty, but it also wraps on long lines and maintains some idea of the original spacing... -r3- ----- Original Message ----- From: Rune Kallhovd <rka@corena.no> To: Ray Black III <rblack@clickcom.com> Cc: Paul O' Connor <paul-oconnor@ardee.aibp.ie>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:58 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Wrapping problems > I have also been faced with this problem, and have not found any > surefire > solution yet. The problem typically is when you have a texfield in a > form, > e.g. a FAQ, where the user enters a code snippet. > This kind of entry would be almost unreadable without adding the > <pre></pre> > to the entry. But, if the user enters a long line of text (wrap=virtual) > the retrieved text won't wrap. > > Maybe the nl2br() is the way to go, even if the monospaced 'formatting' > is lost (code indentation in code snippets would be lost I guess)? > > Ray Black III wrote: > > > > By the text's "formatting" I guess you mean line breaks? I can't > > imagine > > what else there is to format in straight text... > > > > Anyway, easy solution to this: > > echo nl2br($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 > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > ====== Rune Kallhovd, CORENA Norge AS ====== > = Software Engineer = > = P.O.Box 1024, N-3601 Kongsberg, NORWAY = > = Tlf: +47 32 73 7448, Fax: +47 32 73 6877 = > == CORENA Home Page: http://www.corena.no == > > -- > 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