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[PHP-DB] Handling Linefeeds in MySQL/PHP From: Bessette, Casey (Casey.Bessette <email protected>)
Date: 07/03/01

I am creating a content management page that uses a textarea box to enter a
chunk of text which then is sent into the database into a text-type field.

I am finding that when the data is retrieved to be shown in the browser that
the line feeds are lost. I don't want users to have to know HTML to put
tags in themselves. What's the best way to handle this?

Can I read from the database and insert br's and p's to be put into the
displayed HTML? Or, instead, is there a way to put the br's and p's
immediately into the database when the record is inserted? How can I do
this? How would the string be manipulated?

Thanks for your help,
-Casey 

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