spaces in text ---> html

From: Peter Smith (psmith6_at_SparnBlock.bigpond.net.au)
Date: 12/19/03 

Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:27:34 GMT

Hi

I am writing a message board, and the text is entered in a text box and
outputted in HTML. How can I keep the spaces formatting (ie use  's)
in the html output??

I use the standard decode lines:

    $value =~ tr/+/ /;

    $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;

but when I use

    $value =~ tr/+/"\&nbsp\;"/;

I get repeated &'s instead of spaces. Any help much appreciated..

- Peter

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