Re: str_replace ? \r

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Agreed - try to think of it as a filter and less of something that needs to
be computed both ways... much easier in the long run, and more efficient :)

On 2/7/06, Curt Zirzow <czirzow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 10:38:37AM -0800, Sam Smith wrote:
> >
> > From a <textarea> on a web form I'm attempting to convert all
> returns(\r),
> > from the users input, to "<br />", for db INSERT, and then back again
> for
> > display in the <textarea>. (They remain as <br />s for normal HTML web
> page
> > display.)
>
> You really shouldnt convert the data to br's into the database,
> just do it at the time at displaying it in html, and keep the raw
> data in the database.
>
> // add to database (prepare avoiding sql injection)
> $field = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['textarea']);
> $sql = "update jobs  set jbs_jobDesA = '$field'  WHERE jbs_ID=77";
>
> // output to html, removing xxs ablity and add html br's
> $field_from_db = $row['jbs_jobDesA'];
> echo "<div>" . nl2br(htmlentities($field_from_db)) . "</div>";
>
> // output to a textarea, removing xxs ability
> $field_from_db = $row['jbs_jobDesA'];
> echo "<textarea>" . htmlentities($field_from_db) . "</textarea>";
>
> This would work much nicer. No need to do any two-way convertion of
> your data.
>
> Curt.
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