good call -- -------------------------------------------------------------->> Jasper Howard :: Database Administration Velocity7 1.530.470.9292 http://www.Velocity7.com/ <<-------------------------------------------------------------- "Peter Ellis" <terra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1093888510.1145.20.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx > If you're starting with a <p>, shouldn't it be: > > str_replace("\n","</p><p>",$string); > > This would make more sense to me, since you've already opened the tag > elsewhere. > -- > Peter Ellis - pellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web Design and Development Consultant > naturalaxis | http://www.naturalaxis.com/ > > On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 10:22 -0700, Jasper Howard wrote: > > I would start with a <p>, then print the data from the database, > > str_replace("\n","<p></p>",$string); and then end with a </p>, that way you > > have opening and closing <p></p> tags. > > > > -- > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------->> > > Jasper Howard :: Database Administration > > Velocity7 > > 1.530.470.9292 > > http://www.Velocity7.com/ > > <<-------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Marcjon" <marcjon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:1093844358.24698.203307089@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Try this: > > > echo str_replace ( "\n", "<p>", $string); > > > > > > I believe it always stores newlines as \n, since PHP and MySQL are > > > native to Unix/Linux. > > > -- > > > Marcjon -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php