Thanks guys, nl2br works perfectly for preserving my new lines! I've checked over the php string function list and am still experimenting with some options. However, do you know of any function that will preserve tabs and spacing (used for centering text, etc)
in case your wondering, i'm letting people submit their resumes to a mysql database. it has to be in text format so that they can be properly searched. if anyone knows of a better way to do this (ie, using .pdf files) and still enabling them to be searched, plz let me know. thx blue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gurhan Ozen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blue Presley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 7:35 PM Subject: Re: text formatting > Hi, > Yes there are number of functions you can use in php. I don't know what you > really want to do, i assume that you want the resumes viewed over the web, > in that case you can use nl2br() function to indicate a new line.. > Take a look at the following pages: > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.regex.php > > Gurhan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Blue Presley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:31 PM > Subject: Re: text formatting > > > > I'm using (and new to) PHP. any suggestions as to what functions, if any > > exist, that would be appropriate for pre-formatting? > > > > thx, > > blue > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gurhan Ozen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Blue Presley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:02 PM > > Subject: Re: text formatting > > > > > > > This should be handled before the data is even inserted into mysql. Have > > > your scripting language that you use in the form handle this to have the > > > resume formatted in the way you'd like and then have it insert the data > > into > > > mysql. > > > Gurhan > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Blue Presley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 5:34 PM > > > Subject: text formatting > > > > > > > > > > hello, > > > > I have a web from that allows a user to submit a resume in text > format. > > > How > > > > do i make mysql respect the formatting of the text document so that it > > is > > > > pulled from the database as it was inserted? right now everything > comes > > > > back as one paragraph. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > blue > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Before posting, please check: > > > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Before posting, please check: > > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
