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[Anon]

Hi there!

My form contains text area fields where user can write different questions. How can I format the text when it goes to database?

If user writes (for example) following:

|a b c|
|d e f|
|g h i|

3*3 matrix

Then when is try to look it it looks like
this:

|a b c ||d e f||g h i| 3*3 matrix

Is there any way to save the textarea field just like user writes it?

[crazney]

put this function somewhere.

function addHTMLLines($instr)
{
return str_replace ("\n", "<br />", $instr);
}

then, if your string is $mystring, run this:

$mynewstring = addHTMLLines($mystring);

use $mynewstring to echo/printf stuff.

David

[Anon]

I can't get it working.

Here is my code how I print all questions. It works fine but it doesn't format the text.
How can I change the below code so it format the text what comes from mysql database.

for($i=1; $i<=$total_ques;$i++){
$question = "question".$i;

print "<tr><td><b>Question $i</b></td></tr>";
print '<tr><td>'.$$question.'</td></tr>';
}

(total_ques is something between 1-25)

I have form where is 1-25 textareas and user can write question in them. I only want to know that how can I keep the text at same format as the user writes it

|a b c|
|d e f|
|1 2 3|

Now it prints the above like |a b c||d e f||1 2 3|

So how can i keep the text same like user writes it?

[rob_d]

there is a PHP function, which does exactly what you need ... called nl2br()
so when you display your question and/or answers, simply use the function, like crazney supposed.
instead of:
print '<tr><td>'.$$question.'</td></tr>';
try
print '<tr><td>'.nl2br($$question).'</td></tr>';
hope that helps...

rob

[Anon]

Thanks!!!