Line breaks on mysql generated text

[cactus]

Hi

 

My problem is that text that is in my database are showing up next to each other in a line rather than on seperate lines, normally I would have just used <br> but as it's generated from my sql I don't know how to do it.

 

<ul id="headlines">

<?php foreach ( $results['articles'] as $article ) { ?>

		<a href=".?action=viewArticle&articleId=<?php echo $article->id?>"><?php echo htmlspecialchars( $article->title )?></a>

<?php } ?>

      </ul>

 

Anyone have any idea? Thanks

[gristoi]

try wrapping li tags around the anchors

<ul id="headlines">

<?php foreach ( $results['articles'] as $article ) { ?>

		<li><a href=".?action=viewArticle&articleId=<?php echo $article->id?>"><?php echo htmlspecialchars( $article->title )?></a></li>

<?php } ?>

      </ul>

[cactus]

That's going to give it bullet points though is there any other way of doing it than that?

 

Thanks for replying

[gristoi]

Just add a style to the ul tag and set the style for the li to

#headlines li{ list-style:none;}

That will give you no bullet points

[barrycorrigan]

ul#healine { list-style-type:none; }
ul#headline li { display:block; }

 

Wrap it in an <li> tag and add a display block to make sure they go on separate lines

[cactus]

Thank you that got rid of the bullet points is there anyway to make a bigger gap between the points like you would normally do with a <br> sign?

 

There a bit too squished together for what I want. Thanks for the help

[gristoi]

add padding or a margin to the list element

[cactus]

Thank you