Odp: [PHP-DB] Text Control.

Od: "simon" <simon.pospisil@fastsearch.com> Temat: Re: [PHP-DB] Text Control. > Ian wrote: > > > Dear Sir / Madam, > > > > Problem :- > > Data from HTML <textarea name="test" rows="5" cols="40" > > WRAP="virtual"></textarea> is likes, > > This is a testing messages:- > > 1. MSG A. > > 2. MSG B. > > 3. MSG C. > > > > So, I insert $test into MYSQL database. After that, I login into MYSQL and > > select the test field, the display is same as above. But, when I used PHP > > coding to select the test field and display it in HTML page, output likes, > > This is a testing messages:- 1. MSG A. 2. MSG B. 3. MSG C. > > > > How to display $test in the requested format? > You could try using the nl2br function, thus converting all newline > characters to <BR> tags. > > http://uk.php.net/manual/function.nl2br.php Eventually you can show contents of this field using <PRE> </PRE> tags - it's specially useful in situation like this: - in <TEXTAREA> you enter text like MSG A MSG B <- note two [spaces] here MSG C <- here are four [spaces] - when you show it in html document you see exactly the same thing. Cheers Jarek Zgoda