Re: Large text fields

Thanks a lot!! This works great. (I really appreciate the fast response) Here is what I added: $ew_text_fix = eregi_replace("\n", "<br>", $ew_text); Just curious, is there any thing else like this that can be done to transfer the format of text entered? Regards, Claus > From: Chris Sano <csano@choiceoneonline.com> > Organization: Choice One OnLine > Reply-To: Chris Sano <csano@choiceoneonline.com> > Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 12:14:43 -0500 > To: Claus Nybo <claus@nnwebdesign.com>, 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 >>