well david actually $var = str_replace(chr(13),"\n",$value) will replace char(13) with \n... but \n wont come up in html unless u give a <pre> tag.. u need to put $var = str_replace(chr(13),"<br/>",$value) in order to got the required output.... Midhun Girish On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 09:28 -0400, David Stoltz wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > In ASP, I would commonly replace string line feeds for HTML output like > > this: > > > > Var = replace(value,vbcrlf,"<br>") > > > > In PHP, the following doesn't seem to work: > > $var = str_replace(chr(13),"\n",$value) > > > > Neither does: > > $var = str_replace(chr(10),"\n",$value) > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Thanks! > > > I see no reason why it shouldn't work other than maybe the string > doesn't contain what you think it does. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > >
