if the returnns are "\n" you only need nl2br("this \n test \n")... or
preg_replace("/((\r|\n)|(\r\n|\n\r))/", "<br />", "this \r\n test \r\n")...
good luck...
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> To the list:
>
> I've googled and searched the manual, but I'm still looking for a simple
solution to a simple problem.
>
> I have a MySQL database of text stories in longtext MySQL fields. These
stories have simple returns (\r) in them and no other formatting. I need to
use these stories both for web and print production, so I need to be able to
get the text out of MySQL via PHP and have those returns change to <P> tags.
But I also need to keep those extra <P> tags out of the database file so the
text can be exported and poured into a layout program.
>
> HTMLspecialchars and HTMLentities don't seem like the right solution, but
maybe I'm missing something. Do I have to use regular expressions in PHP as
the text is pulled from the database?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> --veditio
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