RE: [PHP] Forms and viewing Text Area
| From: | Ford, Mike | Date: | Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:36:27 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Forms and viewing Text Area | ||
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On 09 December 2004 22:41, Ben C wrote:
> I have a form which has a text box which then stores in MySQL. When I
> write seperate paragraphs and try and then view what I wrote it lumps
> it all together in one paragraph when I echo. I am sure I am doing
> something simply wrong. Anyone have any ideas?
echo nl2br(htmlspecialchars($text)) is my usual mantra for this.
Cheers!
Mike
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