[Resolved] replacing <return> with

Pittperson

I have a form with a textarea, how would I go about replacing <return> with .

for example, if I am typing something and I hit enter twice, I want those two returns to be replaced with 's so I dont have to manually type them in. as it stands now when I hit enter twice, in the database, its still one big paragraph.

I would assume I need to use str_replace() or preg_replace() but I have tried both with no luck. I did...

str_replace("\n", "<br>", $post_row[post]);

and

preg_replace("\n", "<br>", $post_row[post]);

Where did I go wrong?

thanks.

yelvington

PHP will normalize input to network standards, so you should be looking for \r\n.

Did you remember to assign the result of the function call to a variable?

$input = str_replace('\r\n', ' ', $input);

Pittperson

yahtzee! thanks for the help.

Moonglobe

actually there is a function for this, nl2br() .

stolzyboy

Originally posted by Moonglobe
actually there is a function for this, nl2br() .

exactly, why reinvent the wheel....again

Pittperson

Thanks for the heads up on nl2br(). now that you mention it I remember reading about this function a while ago (obviously I didnt remember it).

Looks much cleaner when I edit my posts now, no random 's anywhere.