Re: Can't get rid of newlines

That's it! Well, it wan't actually the solution, but it gave me the right idea. It seems from plenty of re-attempts that with nl2br(), the <br> is actually inserted *between* the \n and the \r. This means that I have to do both, but separately in order to get it to work: $description=nl2br($description); $description=str_replace("\n"," ",$description); $description=str_replace("\r"," ",$description); This only appears to be an issue because the <textarea> passes \n\r and not just \n. Must be a Windoze thing? I think I ought to add a note to the PHP manual about this. Many thanks for the inspiration, Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Rudel <Michael.Rudel@in-gmbh.de> To: 'Louis Aslett' <laslett@sixnet.net>; Martin A. Marques <martin@math.unl.edu.ar> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 2:48 PM Subject: [PHP] AW: [PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] Can't get rid of newlines > Hi Luis, > > ... try "\r" instead, or better "\n" AND "\r". > > Greetinx, > Mike > (Germany) > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Louis Aslett [mailto:laslett@sixnet.net] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Dezember 2000 15:43 > An: Martin A. Marques > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net; php-db@lists.php.net > Betreff: [PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] Can't get rid of newlines > > > My appologies, that e-mail should have gone: > > I'm trying to a some data from a <textarea> form element to an mSQL > database. However, mSQL coughs shortly after the first newline. > > So, I did nl2br() to put all the newlines to <br>'s and then tried the > following: > > $description=str_replace("\n"," ",$description); > > to get rid of the newlines. BUT! this string replace did absolutely > nothing and the newlines are still in there! > > WHY? > > Thanks > > Louis > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Martin A. Marques <martin@math.unl.edu.ar> > To: Louis Aslett <laslett@sixnet.net> > Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net>; <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 2:19 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Can't get rid of newlines > > > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Louis Aslett wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to a some data from a <textarea> form element to an mSQL > > > database. However, mSQL coughs shortly after the first newline. > > > > > > So, I did nl2br() to put all the newlines to <br>'s and then tried the > > > following: > > > > What have toy tried? > > > > How are the new lines inserted in the textarea? Typing, copy and paste > > from word? > > > > Saludos... ;-) > > > > > > "And I'm happy, because you make me feel good, about me." - Melvin Udall > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Martín Marqués email: martin@math.unl.edu.ar > > Santa Fe - Argentina http://math.unl.edu.ar/~martin/ > > Administrador de sistemas en math.unl.edu.ar > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > 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 Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-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 > >