Re: Question about replacing \r\n with <br>

I think this is what you want? http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php John Al wrote: > I can't find a way to replace \r\n codes with <br> in a text file. > > I'm reading a text file that was prepared with windows notepad > The hex code shows OD OA for CR/LF as I expect. > > I'd like to replace the OD/LF with <br>s. > > I spent hours trying every User Notes in the PHP Manual for this simple > operation. e.g., > > $txt= preg_replace("\r\n", "<br>", $words); > > and this version > $txt = preg_replace("/(\015\012)|(\015)|(\012)/","<br />", $txt); > > I can substitute other characters and dec equivalents and the > substations just won't work for \r\n [or just \r or just \n] or "\015" > or "\15". > > And, I've tried using "10" and "010" and "13" and > "013". > > And nl2br doesn't work either. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks........ -- John Taylor-Johnston ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If it's not open-source, it's Murphy's Law." ' ' ' Collège de Sherbrooke: ô¿ô http://www.collegesherbrooke.qc.ca/languesmodernes/ - Université de Sherbrooke: http://compcanlit.ca/ 819-569-2064