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

From: Randy Johnson (rjohnson_at_seasidepc.com)
Date: 11/30/03

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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 01:29:44 -0500

    Yep that was it.

    Thank you very much.

    Randy
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Chris Shiflett" <shiflett@php.net>
    To: "Randy Johnson" <rjohnson@seasidepc.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net>
    Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 1:17 AM
    Subject: Re: [PHP] entering in text data and losing the \n

    > --- Randy Johnson <rjohnson@seasidepc.com> 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.
    >
    > It doesn't lose it. In HTML, a newline isn't rendered as a newline by a
    > browser unless it is surrounded by pre tags. You probably want to use the
    > br tag instead. PHP has a function to help with this:
    >
    > http://www.php.net/nl2br
    >
    > Hope that helps.
    >
    > Chris
    >
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