One more problem I could see is that if the user types in an odd number of spaces like 5 or 7. Wouldn't this replace string only replace spaces all the even spaces like 2, 4, 6, 8, and so on?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Brampton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Spaces > $text = str_replace(" ", " ", $_POST['input']); > > would be better, since each is a space > > $text = str_replace(" ", " ", $_POST['input']); > > might work also, but I'm unsure how browsers handle > ..... > > Andrew > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Andrew Brampton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "PHP List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:01 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Spaces > > > > So would I just do this? > > > > $text = str_replace(" ", " ", $_POST['input']); > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrew Brampton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 4:30 PM > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Spaces > > > > > > replace more than 1 space in a row with a > > OR, when outputing their text place a <pre> tag around it > > > > Andrew > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Stephen > > To: PHP List > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 9:25 PM > > Subject: [PHP] Spaces > > > > > > I have a article submission thing where the user types in whatever they > > want. I've already made it so that when the user pushes enter, it saves it > > as a <br> for HTML but how would I do this for spaces also? I'm storing > the > > contents in a MySQL database... > > > > Thanks, > > Stephen Craton > > http://www.melchior.us > > > > "What is a dreamer that cannot persevere?" -- http://www.melchior.us > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > -- > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php