Re: textarea new line+mysql update

use addslashes "update table1 set column1= '".addslashes($string)."' where ID = '$IDcurent'" Adi wrote:

tx, it's working now but i still have a problem: i want to insert into mysql database value $string: $result2 = db_query("update table1 set column1= '$string' where ID = '$IDcurent'") or db_die(); When i try to view in text area the new value from column1, the newlines disappear! ps.column 1 have type "text" or "varchar(100)" Is a problem of type? tx again adi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Sittler" <Henning@inscriber.com> To: "'adi'" <adipublic@home.ro> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 4:05 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] textarea new line

$string="-line1\n -line2 \n-line3"; \n Henning Sittler www.inscriber.com -----Original Message----- From: adi [mailto:adipublic@home.ro] Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 9:04 AM To: php-general Subject: [PHP] textarea new line i want to add in textarea a string with new line tag in it. how to do

that?

my try: $string="-line1n\ -line2 n\-line3"; echo "<br><textarea name='aria' cols='50' rows='2'>$string</textarea>"; but i see a single line instead of: -line1 -line2 -line3 tx in advance for any help