RE: [PHP-DB] Line Breaks
| From: | Matt Williams | Date: | Fri, 23 Mar 2001 21:30:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DB] Line Breaks | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shope, Glenn [mailto:glenn_shope@teamtki.com]
> Sent: 23 March 2001 20:49
> To: 'php-db@lists.php.net'
> Subject: [PHP-DB] Line Breaks
>
>
> Still haven't figured it out...
>
> I have read several entries about preserving line breaks when displaying
> text from a mySQL database, but I have had no success.
>
> How would I prevent data in a single field containing line breaks
> from being
> displayed in HTML as a single line?
>
> For example:
>
> A person fills out a form with this information:
>
> "My name is Chris.
>
> I like to swim."
>
> Ho do I prevent PHP from writing it as
>
> "My name is ChrisI like to swim." ???
>
>
> I have tried a EREG_REPLACE and PREG_REPLACE attempting to
> replace "\n" with
> <BR>, but it doesn't seem to do the trick.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
>
> Glenn :)
>
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