function not working

[andersstudio]

Hi.

I am having a hard time with a very simple task.
the text is not being returned back to $article after the attempt to go through this function.

<?php
$article = char_replace($article);

function char_replace($id){
	$id = nl2br($id);
	$id = str_replace("&", "&", $id);
	$id = str_replace("<", "&lt;", $id);
	$id = str_replace(">", "&gt;", $id);
	$id = str_replace("\"", "&quot;", $id);
}

?>

Please help.
Thanks.

[devinemke]

2 things:

1. you are not returning anything from your function
2. all those calls to str_replace() could be done with a single call to [man]htmlspecialchars[/man]

function char_replace($id)
{
	$id = htmlspecialchars($id);
	$id = nl2br($id);
	return $id;
}

[madwormer2]

I prefer one liners:

function char_replace($id){ return nl2br(htmlspecialchars($id)); }

Lol.