Re: addslashes problem ..

maybe i don't undestand correctly but try: $string = str_replace("<br>","\\n",$string); i.e escape the escape character \\n ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Day" <cday@atpco.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:38 PM Subject: [PHP] addslashes problem .. > I have to use addslashes on a string of mine so I can use it in a javascript > function, so that when a link is clicked, a html textarea box is populated > with that string. > > The problem I have is that if there are line breaks in the string, the > <br>'s seem to get created when addslashes is run on the string, then in the > textarea box my string looks like: > > i can't do that<br>right now<br>but maybe later<br> > > How can I get the slashes escaped properly, but keep the same format? I > tried this: > > $RESPONSE = eregi_replace('<br[[:space:]]*/?[[:space:]]*>', "\n", > $RESPONSE); > > but it didn't work for me, it just kinda merged all the strings together, no > line breaks (or <br>'s) at all. > > Thanks, > Chad > > > -- > 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 >