im coding a guestbook and i want new lines and spaces to be shown when i show the posts?
when i post a thread now everything is shown on one line.
help!
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A:
Use this function:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php
nl2br() will convert new lines into <br/> tags, so you will get new lines.
Alexandru Luchian
2009-12-03 21:49:19
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A:
Use nl2br(). Basically it's prepending every newline character with <br />.
Tatu Ulmanen
2009-12-03 21:49:26
Just a nit: there is no need for a space before the "/".
Loadmaster
2009-12-03 21:57:07
Needed or not that's what nl2br() returns ;) http://php.net/nl2br: "Returns string with '<br />' or '<br>' inserted before all newlines. "
VolkerK
2009-12-03 22:05:31
nl2br() returns <br /> for legacy user-agent compatibility: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1659208/why-br-and-not-br/1659222#1659222
micahwittman
2009-12-03 23:30:13
Actually, the space before "/" is/was needed for legacy support of some older browsers, but not nowadays.
Tatu Ulmanen
2009-12-04 09:44:33