I stand corrected. Nl2br() is still useful when dealing with outputting data from textarea form elements... If you're outputting to a browser at least. But yes, it only inserts a <br \> where there's a \n, it doesn't replace \n and doesn't do anything with \r's.
-TG > -----Original Message----- > From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 3:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; M. Sokolewicz > Subject: Re: [PHP] Convert textarea post data from plain text > to html using php..how? > > > From: "M. Sokolewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> 1. nl2br($posteddata) - This converts all the \r\n's to > <br>'s so that > >> it comes out with the same carriage returns as the person > who inputed it > >> gave it > > > > It doesn't change \r\n to <br>, it only changes \n to <br /> > > It doesn't change anything, actually. It just inserts the <br />. > > <?php > $str = "asdf\nasdf\nasdf\nasdf"; > $n = nl2br($str); > if(strstr($n,"\n")) > { echo 'Newlines present'; } > else > { echo 'Newlines not present'; } > ?> > > ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
