RE: [PHP] PHP using Forms

From: Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 15:34:08 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP using Forms
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Thank you all!! :-) --- "Altunergil, Oktay" <oktay@ForSoftInc.com> wrote: > The below does the newline and takes care of html > tags which might otherwise > get parsed by the web browser. > > # This function is to fix the characters. It > replaces all htmlentities with > their &amp kind representation > # and converts newlines to html breaks (<BR>) > function fix($string) > { > return(nl2br(htmlentities($string))); > } > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Haworth > [mailto:JHaworth@witanjardine.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:16 AM > To: 'Mike Mike'; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP using Forms > > > Try this: > > $Home = nl2br($Home); // nl2br converts newlines > to <br>s > > See http://www.php.net/nl2br for more info. > > (Incidentally, I answered exactly the same question > yesterday, in exactly > the same way. *Please* check the list archives/last > few days postings/manual > before posting this sort of thing :-) > > HTH > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Mike [mailto:hatchman2000@yahoo.com] > Sent: 04 May 2001 15:12 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] PHP using Forms > > > Hello, > I have a form field <TEXTAREA name="Home" ROWS=10 > COLS=40><? echo $Home ?></TEXTAREA> > with this data in it: > > My Home > 11 North 5th St > St. Paul MN > Phone: (555) 555-5555 > Fax: (555) 555-5555 > E-Mail: hatchman2000@yahoo.com > > When submited it goes into a mysql database. The > problem i'm running into is that the output looks > like > this after the call from the mysql database to html: > > My Home 11 North 5th St St. Paul MN Phone: (555) > 555-5555 Fax: (555) 555-5555 E-Mail: > hatchman2000@yahoo.com. > > How do I get it to print out with line breaks like > how > I have typed it into the form? > Thank you > --Mike > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great > prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > -- > 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 > > > > ********************************************************************** > 'The information included in this Email is of a > confidential nature and is > intended only for the addressee. If you are not the > intended addressee, > any disclosure, copying or distribution by you is > prohibited and may be > unlawful. Disclosure to any party other than the > addressee, whether > inadvertent or otherwise is not intended to waive > privilege or > confidentiality' > > ********************************************************************** > > -- > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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