replacing characters

[Anon]

Hi,

This may be a really simple question, but how can I replace Chr(13) with a "<br>"?

I ask this as I am setting up a news section and I need people to be able to update information from a form. When they press <enter> i want what's in the form to reflect what is produced on the html page.

Many thanks

[[deleted]]

use nl2br()

[Anon]

Thanks for the rapid response!!

Can you explain a bit more - sorry I've just started learning!!

<?php printf ("%s\n", $myrow["NewsDetails"]); ?>

How would I incorporate it into the above statement?

Many thanks

Jon

[dannys]

For what you're trying to do, i'd go with

echo nl2br($myrow["NewsDetails"]));

[[deleted]]

I would go for that too.

The line you are currently using:

<?php printf ("%s\n", $myrow["NewsDetails"]); ?>

is a little over the top.
The variable you are printing is a string, so using printf() to 'format' the string as a string is not needed, you can just print the variable, or echo it. We use echo because there is a microscopic speed advantage of echo over print.

[dannys]

"We use echo because there is a microscopic speed advantage of echo over print"

And there was me thinking it was because echo is quicker to type than print :-)

[Anon]

Many thanks everyone for all your help!

I'm going to buy a book today - best way forward I think!

Any recommedations?

[[deleted]]

None..forget books, read the manual on www.php.net.

Just spend some time in the index and read about what all those 1000's of functions can do.

Then look at www.devshed.com, and keep an eye on 'our' YAPF!: www.hvt-automation.nl/yapf/

[[deleted]]

lol a hidden benefit :-)