Thanks John and Michael. Please note that the following is my code : Quote :
if ($result=mysql_query($sql)) { $numofrows=mysql_num_rows($result); Print "Greengrass database has found the following result that matches your search"; print " <br>\n"; print " <br>\n"; while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){ Print " Identity : ".$row[GGID]."<br>\n"." "; Print " Organisation name : ".$row[OrgName]." <br>\n".""; Print " Organisation country : ".$row[OrgCountry]." <br>\n".""; Print " Organisation Address : ".$row[OrgAddress]."<br>\n"." "; Print " Results : ".$row[Results]."<br>\n"; print " <br>\n"; print " <br>\n"; } Unquote. In the above code, I want to format the text in only one field and that is the field named "Results". Where do I put the <PRE> </PRE> tags for formatting the text contained in the mysql field "Results"? Thanks Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Denis L. Menezes'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'PHP general list'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:13 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Formatting text > > I have to put results of various departments in our school website. > All > > results will go in the Mysql database. The problem is formatting the > > output. I have output something like this where the numbers shown are > > student marks : > > > > Quote > > > > Passed with Grade A : > > Adm nos : 8177 9822 1750 0059 > > > > Passed with Grade B : > > Adm nos : 6614 8375 0837 1647 5490 3758 7388 7799 > > > > Passed with Grade C : > > Adm nos : 9968 0298 1297 1254 4208 4911 6194 9903 > > > > Unquote > > > > I made a multiline textboxes and used PHP script and input this in a > > LONGTEXT field in MySQL. Then I used PHP to output this field in a > > webpage. The formatting, carriage return, tabs etc are lost. > Formatting is > > very essential in this document for us. > > Your problem is that HTML does not recognize newline or tab characters. > > The easy fix is to just surround the line by <pre> which will cause the > newline and tab elements to show up. > > The hard fix, but nicer looking one, is to output your data in a table. > > ---John W. Holmes... > > PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy > today. http://www.phparch.com/ > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php