On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, The Cossins Fam wrote: } I've tried the nl2br function, as well as adding "\n" to the end of each } line and using fgets to replace "\n" with "<br>". However, nothing seems to } be working. I'm probably missing something very simple, but if someone } wouldn't mind helping a rookie out, I'd appreciate it. If the files were written under Windows/UNIX/Mac OS 9-, you will need to add more than just "\n" to your ereg_replace: $message = ereg_replace("(\r\n|\n|\r)", "<br>\n", $message); This should take care of all 3 kinds of line breaks/form feeds [windows, Mac, and UNIX based systems all define what happens when the user hits the "return/enter" key differently]. /vjl/ -- Vince LaMonica UC Irvine, School of Social Ecology W3 Developer <*> 116 Social Ecology I, Irvine, CA 92697 vjl@uci.edu http://www.seweb.uci.edu/techsupport You should not confuse your career with your life. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php