I usually leave the string intact in the database because if you need to
show it in an admin area or something, you don�t need to convert it back
again before populating the text area.
Suppose it just comes down to personal preference... Or is there a specific
benefit to doing it this way?
Regards
Enda
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On 27/07/2004 22:55, "Matthew Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > If I have a html textarea for inputting text into a database text field
>> > how can I keep the formatting of the entered text?
>> >
>> > i.e. on the html textarea if the user enters carriage returns i.e. a new
>> > paragraph I want that to go into the database then when I retrieve it and
>> > display it on a normal html page I want to keep those carriage returns!
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Matt
>
> Before injecting textarea data into a DB use this:
>
> $_POST["textarea"] = str_replace("\n","<br>",$_POST["textarea"]);
>
> When retrieving data from the DB for a textarea use this before displaying:
>
> $_POST["textarea"] = str_replace("<br>","\n",$_POST["textarea"]);
