Help on str_replace

[shamuraq]

Hi...

I read on php.net manual that its better to use str_replace than preg_replace. I used

 

$summary = clean($_POST['summary']);

$summary = nl2br($summary);

to convert the carriage return(is that the correct term?) to insert them into mysql. So naturally, i want them converted into <br> when i pull them from mysql.

 

I used this:

$num_rows=mysql_num_rows($result);
	if($num_rows == 0){
	}
	else{
		for($x = 0; $x < $num_rows; $x++){
		$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
		$id = $row['id'];
		$position = $row['position'];
		$summary = $row['summary'];

$order   = array("\r\n", "\n", "\r");
$replace = '<br />';
$newstr = str_replace($order, $replace, $summary);

 

But i got this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/...php on line 310

Is it a syntax error?

 

Thanx in advance...

[trq]

nl2br already coverts newlines to <br /> tags.

 

You shouldn't do this on the way into the database however, only on the way out.

[shamuraq]

nl2br already coverts newlines to <br /> tags.

 

You shouldn't do this on the way into the database however, only on the way out.

Followed ur advice and removed the nl2br from the insert into sql file. But am still getting the same error.

[shamuraq]

Solved it... I guess the problem is because am trying to store it in a variable...

But i changed to to

echo nl2br("$summary");

But am curious tho... Is there anyway to store it in a variable without causing those errors?

[Pikachu2000]

There shouldn't be any reason it won't work.

$newvar = nl2br( $oldvar );