RE: [PHP] Large text fields

Or, use n12br(string). It converts newline characters to <br> tags quite nicely. -Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Chris Sano [mailto:csano@choiceoneonline.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:15 AM To: Claus Nybo; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Large text fields Use eregi_replace() to replace the line breaks with <p> and <br> tags. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claus Nybo" <claus@nnwebdesign.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 9:21 PM Subject: [PHP] Large text fields > Hi, > > I am working on a website using php3 and mySQL. On one page in the site > administration is inputting new articles, via a form, with fields such as > $title, $date, $article, etc. These are then passed to mySQL, to be viewed > on another page by users. > > This all works fine, except for the text of the article itself. When the > text is typed in to the textfield on the form, it exist of several > paragraphs, with blank lines in between, but when it is viewed from the > database on another page all the paragraph breaks and blank lines are gone, > and all the text is displayed in just one long continued block. > > What do I do to preserve the format in which the text is typed? With the > different paragraf breaks and blank lines? > > Thanks for the help! > > Claus > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net