On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:01:04 -0600, Afan Pasalic <afan@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I create a string from other strings: > $string = $string1."\n".$string2."\n".$string3."\n".$string4."\n".$string5; > and then store it in DB. > > But, I can't figure out how to split them back? > > Tried: > $string_back = explode('\n', $string); Double quotes will cause the value to be evaluated as a newline character. The single quotes will not. Use "\n" instead like you did when you made the string. > Also, is there actially better way to do this then adding \n between > strings? You can use whatever works. I use the pipe | character, it's pretty standard and I've never seen it used as anything except a delimiter. -- Greg Donald Zend Certified Engineer http://gdconsultants.com/ http://destiney.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php