display the return as a return not as \r\n

[jasonc]

If a field is missed out when filling out a ofrm on my page they are taken back and told that they missed one out, the data they had already typed in is shown again.

 

but all the returns show as \r\n

 

how do I have it so the returns show as they were typed and not as the \r\n.

 

 

EDIT:

 

also how to i get the £ to show in my page as a £ and not as the diamond with a question mark.

 

[WebStyles]

you can convert all returns with:

 

str_replace("\n\r","whatever_you_want",$string);

[jasonc]

ah yes i have see that before, but how do i get the carriage return to be put back as they had originally typed in  like on this forum

 

if

I

put

returns

here they show again if i was to forget to fill out the title.

[WebStyles]

when they type into an html text area the returns are sent as \n (most probably), but if you want to display them in html you have to convert them to

<br />

 

echo str_replace("\n","<br />",$string);

 

hope this helps

[Kieran Menor]

Could we see the code that processes the form? Textareas are supposed to show linebreaks correctly, so what you are describing sounds rather weird. Regarding the £ sign, it seems to be a character encoding problem. What encoding are you using for your page?

[jasonc]

strange i get them displayed as \r\n

[WebStyles]

you shouldn't even be seeing them. can you post the code please?

[jasonc]

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

[kenrbnsn]

when they type into an html text area the returns are sent as \n (most probably), but if you want to display them in html you have to convert them to

<br />

 

echo str_replace("\n","<br />",$string);

 

There's a built-in function for that: nl2br

 

Ken