Re: [PHP] entering in text data and losing the \n

From: John Nichel (jnichel_at_by-tor.com)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:15:23 -0600
To: Randy Johnson <rjohnson@seasidepc.com>

Randy Johnson wrote:

> I have a form with a text area.
>
> When the user submits the data it is saved to a mysql database in a field of type text.
>
> When I extract the data from the database and display it in php it loses the line return and the data is all crammed together. Here is an example
>
> This is line 1
> This is line 2
> This is line 3
>
> Here is what it would be after I extracted it and displayed it to the screen
>
> This is line 1 This is line 2 This is line 3

Displayed to the screen, as in....browser window, or terminal?

> What do I need to do to get it to retain the line feeds?
>
> Thanks
>
> Randy 

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