echoing text from database

[NickLindeman]

I am having a problem with echoing text from the database.

Here's how the text shows.

This is something I have worked on for a long time. I hope you like it! Fred

This is how I want the text to show..

This is something I have worked on for a long time.
I hope you like it!
Fred

How do I go about doing this? Here's the code I am using right now for it..

$text=stripslashes($row['text']);
<?php echo "$text"; ?>

Of course I cut out a lot of the code but I was just focusing on the text.

[thorpe]

Firstly... you dont need addslashes(), that was originally used for inserting INTO a database.

Next... you'll want to look at the [man]nl2br/man function.

[NickLindeman]

thorpe wrote:

Firstly... you dont need addslashes(), that is used for inserting INTO a database.

I copied the wrong code on that one hah and already editted it sorry about that.

Edit: Works perfectly thanks for the help.