Forms

[incarnate]

?: In forms, when data is inserted to a DB from it, how do you preserve the breaks and paragraphs in the forms, rather then when they just come together ignoring when the return/enter key was pressed?

[laserlight]

You could try using nl2br()

[incarnate]

Any other ways?, It doesn't seem to work for displaying things from the DB.

[laserlight]

Well, what did you try to do?

[incarnate]

I did nl2br($var) when inserting into the db and displaying from it.

[laserlight]

I would suggest that you use that function when you output from the DB only.

[incarnate]

nah, still doesn't work... http://trickznstuff.net/staredit2/

[laserlight]

A simple example would be:

<?php
//entering into DB
$text = htmlspecialchars($_POST['text']);
mysql_query("INSERT INTO tablename (id, mytext) VALUES(NULL, '$text')");

//retrieving from DB
//assuming the text is stored in $text
echo nl2br($text);
?>

[incarnate]

Thanks a lot