if i'm understanding you correctly, you're looking for this??? nl2br() http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php "John M." <bali1a@freema To: php-db@lists.php.net il.hu> cc: Subject: Display TEXT field value 05/27/2003 03:30 PM Hello, I have a message box, where user can write more lines of comment. I store it in a mysql db in a TEXT field. But if I use echo command to display the value of the field I become the value without linebreaks. How can I display the value in the same style as input was? Thanks! Example: User write: hello hello In database is: hello hello But display with echo I see: hellohello -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php