Re: Content Feed

try using: printf ("<tr><td>%s</td></tr>", nl2br ($row[2])); On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 11:22, php@erars.demon.co.uk wrote: > I have developed my own content feed in that you enter an article from somewhere which is > posted into a mysql database and then anyone with access to it can use a java call to the feed and > have the neadlines of the the most recent news articles displayed on their web site. > > When you click on a headline it refers to an ID in the news table and a new window is opened > and the article is displayed but without any formatting at all. > > When an article is entered people may press enter to separate paragraphs etc and would like to > know how to get these spaces to be reciprocated when the article is displayed as currently it ommits > the breaks. > > This is the code which I currently have in place: > > <?php > > mysql_connect ("localhost", "root","testhouse"); > > mysql_select_db ("content"); > > > > $result = mysql_query ("select * FROM articles WHERE > articleId='$articleId'"); > > while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) > { > > printf ("<tr><td>%s</td></tr>", > $row[2]); > } > > ?> > > I presume I need to insert something in the printf section, although it might be something to > do with the code that inserts it into the database not being able to handle breaks. > > Any help and direction would be much appreciated. > > thanks > > JCook > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >