[SOLVED] carriage return

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when a user hit enter to goto the next line, im sure that the database get specill charecter

can you tell me what the specil charecter is please..........

 

i no that nl2br converts it to a <br> or <br /> what the symballs in the database given.....

 

but nl2br uses the \n so what the database symboll for \n new line

 

not this one is it

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[genericnumber1]

the character? it's a line break character...

 

^ like that

 

 

^ and that

 

You can't see it, but you can get it with

 

$lineBreak = "\n";

 

I don't know what you mean by "the database symbol"

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So it hidden but there in the database entry......

 

so in essence mysql hides the ^ sign when a user press the enter button for the new line.....

[genericnumber1]

If you look at the entry you'll see

 

"blah blah blah

 

blah blah blah"

 

there are 2 line break characters in there, you CAN see them by the fact that the lines are broken...

 

"blah blah blahblah blah blah"

^ same string without the line breaks

 

Now, when a browser renders HTML it ignores line breaks, so you have to make them into <br /> tags with nl2br() if you want them to display in a browser.

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Thank you so much not said anywhere on the net well put cheers.......

 

how a book should exsplain you learn nl2br() and why........

If you look at the entry you'll see

 

"blah blah blah

 

blah blah blah"

 

there are 2 line break characters in there, you CAN see them by the fact that the lines are broken...

 

"blah blah blahblah blah blah"

^ same string without the line breaks

 

Now, when a browser renders HTML it ignores line breaks, so you have to make them into <br /> tags with nl2br() if you want them to display in a browser.