Re: inserting spaces/returns in form postings

From: Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:10:13 +0000
Subject: Re: inserting spaces/returns in form postings
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"Police Trainee" <policetrainee@yahoo.com> wrote... > is there anyway to translate or write extra spaces and > carriage returns in a file so that it is reflected on > a browser without making the user enter a <br> or > &nbsp; each time they want a return or an extra space? Turn the spaces and carriage returns into &nbsp; and <br> using search and replace functions, or using functions provided for this purpose like nl2br: http://www.php.net/manual/function.nl2br.php Or enclose the text in the HTML file in <PRE></PRE> tags, which will make the text display in a monospaced font with all spaces and linebreaks preserved.

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