Re: transfer list in textarea to comma delimited string

Stut wrote: > On 2 May 2008, at 16:22, afan pasalic wrote: >> I have one textarea field in a registration form where visitor enters >> keywords. even there is a not next to the field "please enter keywords >> as comma delimited string", they enter as a list, below each other. >> >> I tried to convert the list into comma delimited string with several >> solutions but non of them works: >> $keywords = eregi_replace('\n', '.', $keywords); >> $keywords = eregi_replace('\r', '.', $keywords); >> $keywords = eregi_replace('\n\r', '.', $keywords); >> $keywords = eregi_replace('<br>', '.', $keywords); >> >> any help here? > > 1) str_replace is more than capable of doing this in a single > statement - a regex is overkill. > > 2) You need to use double quotes around escape sequences (\n and \r) > or they'll be ignored. > > $replacements = array("\r", "\n", "\n\r", > '<br>'); > $keywords = str_replace($replacements, '.', $keywords); > > -Stut > works like a charm! :D thanks stut! -afan