Re: carriage return/line break problem

> I am having a problem with line breaks in some text i am keeping on a >database. > I add a record to an existing database, through a form, using the [return] >key as i want to leave blank lines. It saves ok, but when i retrieve the >text from the db and put it on a page, the line breaks dont exist, the text >is all straight. > But if i chose to edit that field on a form, the line spaces are still there. > What can i do to solve this problem? How can i display this field >correctly on a page? First, use <TEXTBOX WRAP=VIRTUAL ...> in your FORM, or you'll go crazy. Without WRAP=VIRTUAL, the browser will add or remove line-breaks willy-nilly. (Not really willy-nilly, but it will seem like it.) Second, use "View Source" in your browser to see the line breaks. Line breaks don't "count" in HTML. You probably want to use http://php.net/nl2br when you display your text in a browser but not in the TEXTAREA. Also be aware that Macintosh and Linux users' browsers may use just \r or just \n for line-breaks. You probably want to do something like this before you insert to the database: <?php # Assume NAME=text was in your TEXTBOX: # Force any Windoze line-breaks to Unix: $text = str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $text); # Force any Mac line-breaks to Unix: $text = str_replace("\r", "\n", $text); ?> The *order* of the str_replace lines is very important. You can't do the Mac first and Unix second. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm