You'll need to looking at converting newline characters to <br /> tags on display, etc. Or <p> if you want to be a bit more semantic about it. A regex on the value to replace should work a treat. Google or php.net for the specifics of the regex use and form. Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Angelo Zanetti [mailto:binc2@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 18 November 2004 14:14 To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: php/html displaying query HI all, I have this situation & think that maybe some of you could advise me on a solution. I have a field in my database which is about a few paragraphs long. When the user edits this paragraph using php/html in a textarea it displays correctly with the lines that separate the paragraphs. These lines are merely blank lines. However when I want to display this field in HTML I have a problem that its all bunched into 1 paragraph, obviously because there are no <p> or <br> tags telling the browser there is a space in between, 1 way to get this to work is to to insert <p> or <br> statements in the paragraph but when the user then edits the paragraph in the textarea it will show the <p> or <br> tags which i dont want, they are end users and will probably delete them. Is there a way to get around this?? either displaying the blank line or by hiding the HTML tags in the textarea (but still saving the paragraph with them in) Thanks in advance. Angelo -------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer This e-mail transmission contains confidential information, which is the property of the sender. The information in this e-mail or attachments thereto is intended for the attention and use only of the addressee. Should you have received this e-mail in error, please delete and destroy it and any attachments thereto immediately. Under no circumstances will the Cape Technikon or the sender of this e-mail be liable to any party for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential damages for any use of this e-mail. For the detailed e-mail disclaimer please refer to http://www.ctech.ac.za/polic or call +27 (0)21 460 3911 -- 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
