Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 5 Aug 2003 at 14:18, lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you. > Astrum Et Securis! > I had a question.. > When I create any field and let data be sent into my mySQL DB through > it.. it goes ok. But when I retrieve it.. the data comes completely > unformatted. > That is.. let's say I fed this in a textarea.. > The > Man > Cool. > If I view the data from my phpMyAdmin or even Command Line mySQL.. the > data has gone just this way.. > But when I use mysql_fetch_array() to get the data back from mySQL, it > prints as .. > The Man Is Cool. > The newline disappears, and I have to use <br>'s while feeding the > data > to have the line gaps. What am I doing wrong?
The newlines will be there if you view the source of your page. Browsers do not render newlines in the source as newlines in the browser display, as you have found out you have to convert the newlines to <BR>s. HTH David. -- phpmachine :: The quick and easy to use service providing you with professionally developed PHP scripts :: http://www.phpmachine.com/ Free PHP error handling script: www.phpmachine.com/error-handler/ Professional Web Development by David Nicholson http://www.djnicholson.com/ QuizSender.com - How well do your friends actually know you? http://www.quizsender.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
