Re: Large text fields

Consider the nl2br function. echo nl2br($article); This takes into account the 'wrapping' attribute of the textarea. Read about this function here : http://www.php.net/manual/function.nl2br.php Most likely this will work for you. Philip See what that does for you. > > 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