text area info...

[Anonymous]

Hi all,
how can I insert details from a text area into a database with line breaks etc inserted without anyone having to type "<br>"?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,
Andrew

 

[Anonymous]

hi

You can do this thing by just using a single function before the final insertion of text area value into the database.

i.e.

Text_area_variable_name=nl2br(Text_area_variable_name)

I hope this would work fine.

If it is not going to work, then please dont hasitate to ask.

Vikas Garg

 

[Anonymous]

*YES*

Cheers!!

Andrew

 

[Anonymous]

is my reply work for you.

by the way in which profession you are?

I am web-developer

Vikas

 

[Anonymous]

Yep it works.

I'm by profession a student, but I'm working on a remake of a former ASP website... what I just asked was for the forum

Andrew

 

[Anonymous]

I tried the nl2br() but donno why it's not working as what I espect.

is that this function turn

"This is line one
This is line two"

into

"This is line one<br /> This is line two" ?

 

[Anonymous]

a test post in the forum I was creating:

"This is a test post, please ONLY test on this topic.<br />
<br />
Andrew"

so yes, that is how it should work.

Andrew

 

[Anonymous]

in HTML need to do and no matter how you do like that:

This is string number one<BR>
This is string number two

or

This is string number one<BR>This is string number two

HTML do not understand double space, only one.
in PHP need to do:

echo("This is string number one \n This is string number two");

that "\n" and mean bl
but under Windows need type \n\t unde *nix just \n

 

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

$text = str_replace("\n","<br>",$text);

 

[Anonymous]

php-vikas
I have search high and low.
Your answer to this solved my problem straght away, Thank you