Re: Re: Convert plain text to HTML tagged text

I have a question along this line... is it possible to have PHP do more than one str_replace at the same time? or would I need to pass through each time seperately? I.e I wasn to check for Line returns and change it to <p>, i want to replace "[c]" with a special formating tag.... etc...? Thanks? On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:55:31 -0400, Felipe Alcacibar <falcacibar@fulltimehosting.com> wrote: > if the returnns are "\n" you only need nl2br("this \n test \n")... or > preg_replace("/((\r|\n)|(\r\n|\n\r))/", "<br />", "this \r\n > test \r\n").... > good luck... > > <veditio@comcast.net> escribió en el mensaje > > news:092820041715.29949.41599C2B000C6CAD000074FD22007511509B020103040A0B@com > cast.net... > > > > To the list: > > > > I've googled and searched the manual, but I'm still looking for a simple > solution to a simple problem. > > > > I have a MySQL database of text stories in longtext MySQL fields. These > stories have simple returns (\r) in them and no other formatting. I need to > use these stories both for web and print production, so I need to be able to > get the text out of MySQL via PHP and have those returns change to <P> tags. > But I also need to keep those extra <P> tags out of the database file so the > text can be exported and poured into a layout program. > > > > HTMLspecialchars and HTMLentities don't seem like the right solution, but > maybe I'm missing something. Do I have to use regular expressions in PHP as > the text is pulled from the database? > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > --veditio > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >