[SOLVED] Line Breaks?

[genics]

Hi folks,

 

A user inputs a news article into the database and then I echo it out onto the front end. However line breaks aren't kept and the text string is stripped of spacing.

 

So the user inputs into the textbox

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec tincidunt. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec risus. Nullam faucibus.

 

In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Duis quis sem. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae.

 

However it is echo'd out as this:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec tincidunt. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec risus. Nullam faucibus. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Duis quis sem. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae.

 

How do I solve this problem?

Thanks

[papaface]

try:

echo "<pre>";
echo $string;
echo "</pre>";

[Lumio]

Better:

echo nl2br($string);

[genics]

Thanks guys 

 

This is my final code:

 

		
$string = bbcode_format ($news_content);
echo nl2br($string);

 

Is this the best way to get the desired result?

[Lumio]

Maybe

$string = nl2br(bbcode_format($news_content);

is better? I don't know