I usually leave the string intact in the database because if you need to
show it in an admin area or something, you donšt need to convert it back
again before populating the text area.
Suppose it just comes down to personal preference... Or is there a specific
benefit to doing it this way?
Regards
Enda
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On 27/07/2004 22:55, "Matthew Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > If I have a html textarea for inputting text into a database text field
>> > how can I keep the formatting of the entered text?
>> >
>> > i.e. on the html textarea if the user enters carriage returns i.e. a new
>> > paragraph I want that to go into the database then when I retrieve it and
>> > display it on a normal html page I want to keep those carriage returns!
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Matt
>
> Before injecting textarea data into a DB use this:
>
> $_POST["textarea"] = str_replace("\n","<br>",$_POST["textarea"]);
>
> When retrieving data from the DB for a textarea use this before displaying:
>
> $_POST["textarea"] = str_replace("<br>","\n",$_POST["textarea"]);
