On 7/29/09 3:16 PM, "Jim Lucas" <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Miller, Terion wrote: > > > On 7/29/09 3:05 PM, "Jonathan Tapicer" <tapicer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Miller, > Terion<tmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> On 7/29/09 1:45 PM, "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> [snip/] >> >> Have you thought of just using a regular str_replace() on your code? You >> can ask it to replace newlines and carriage returns with nothing and see >> if that fixes you problem? >> >> Thanks >> Ash >> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> >> >> >> Yep I have tried str_replace to get rid of \n and it didn't work >> Boss mentioned to explode the var that is full of so many blank lines then put it back together..seems like there has to be an easier way... >> >> This is what I tried: >> >> $tags = array('\n', '<br>'); $sNotes = str_replace($tags,"", $notes); >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > That didn't work because \n needs to be between " " instead of ' '. > > Jonathan > > > Thanks Guys, ended up using Jim's way before inserting it into the db and it works like a charm > > Just to be clear. Can you paste which one worked for you. This is what worked....on my page that inserts the data to the db I put //stripping white line spaces $cleanNotes = preg_replace('|\s+|', ' ', $notes); $cleanVios = preg_replace('|\s+|', ' ', $cleanViolations); then I mysql_escaped them and put them in the db, checked the csv and presto perfect no extra linespacing -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php