> Use the PHP str_replace function before writing it to the DB. Replace > all "\n" characters with an empty string "". > > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php I think it might be better to replace all "\n" characters with spaces " ", otherwise you will end up with sentences that have no space break between them. Ie: <original text> This is the first sentence. This is the second sentence. </original text> ...would become: <replaced text> This is the first sentence.This is the second sentence. </replaced text> Regards, Murray -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php