jasonc Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I am trying to get the actual returns to show in the form fields and not the <br> i have the form read the field and convert \r\n to <br> to store in the database, but when the i have the form shown later on with the content of the database it shows the <br> and not the newlines like it was entered each on a seperate line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Don't convert newlines to <br /> when storing in the database, only when you need to display your data within html. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 actually i was not converting them before inserting, i am converting them before displaying. but i get the <br> show in the form field and not the return (next line) all the text shows on the same line with <br> between all the text instead of on each line as it was typed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Then your data must contain the <br> tags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 ok my data is added to the database using the mysql_real_escape_string method and when the data is got back later on and displayed it shows the \r\n, so i have these converted to <br> but what ever i use i get either \r\n or <br> and not a return in the textarea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 i seem to have solved this by not converting anything and leaving it as it is shown in the database, not sure what else i done to get this to work but now the returns are showing like they were typed in. BUT... i have the other problem of the £ not showing in the emails as a £ it is shown as £ how do i get this character to show only as £ and not £ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 my emails have the following format... <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Untitled Document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body> the body of the email that contains the £ sign </body> </html> but the email shows all the £ as £ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 i echo the email on the page before the email is sent and it also shows the �£12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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