nl2br( ) doesn't quite work

[Anon]

I am writing information from a textarea on a form to mySQL.

I first process that information with nl2br( ) before writing it to mySQL.

When I retrieve the information from mySQL and display it on a HTML page, I see "^M" at the end of the lines where I had hit Enter.

Is there anyway to correctly process the hidden characters from textarea when the user hits the Enter key?

[Anon]

Yes strreplace i use it (Though I am usually wrong) but it works. SO who cares right? Ok you have a textarea thats named jack so your variable will be $jack. Now the fun part.

$jackreplaced = str_replace("\n","<br>",$jack);

This didn't come straight from me. Someone else helped me with it. It works so don't worry. Thanks!
Ziggs

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Hmm... 🙂

actually the 'normal' procedure is to not replace anything before you put it in the database, only when you get it back out.

The ^M is most likely caused by the '\r' character that windows seems to enjoy using all over the place.

Try replacing not just \n, but \r\n.

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[Anon]

As vincent said,
put the data into the database without replacing anything!
And use "nl2br" on the data before outputting to the browser!

Cheers