Converting Textarea Return Characters To <br />

Hi guys,

I have set up a form with a textarea. If I have text on multiple lines such as:




then when I print it out as html it will be returned on one line like so:



When i look at the content in the database it looks just like the original way i entered it (contains the multiple lines).

Is there a function in php so that when i spit it out in html it retains the multiple line format?

Thanks in advance.

try this:

put \n at last of the line

jlhaslip you've done it again. Thanks!

that may be sorta complex.
The easiest way is to use :

nl2br() is a function which inserts a <br /> automatically at the end of every line.

I use that in a function that replaces all the bad stuff in Emails, Comments, $_POST arrays, etc.
Yes, probably a little overkill checking for the hex values. And you are correct, the nl2br() would likely do it.

I had not had my morning coffee yet when I replied...

character count
Converting Textarea Return Characters To


Guys teach me how to post the character count on php from the html textarea. I know how to do the wordcount but the character count is really my problem

Need help

-reply by abby

I'm not sure if I understand your problem, but try using strlen($str), where $str is the textarea value.

This post has been edited by who?: Jul 9 2008, 11:23 PM

Oh thats really simple!

you can replace newlines using str_replace

like this



or you can use nl2br



BUT if you are showing html code anyway, you can write it in a textarea

like : <textarea><? echo $your_string; ?></textarea>

or using the <PRE> tag, like this:
<PRE><? echo $your_string; ?></PRE>

But there are more options afcourse
Thats it!

- optiplex

This post has been edited by optiplex: Jul 21 2008, 06:16 PM

There's a very useful function in PHP to handle this situation. The function is "nl2br()", try it and you'll find how cute PHP is