[SOLVED] Auto Linebreaks?

[Cless]

Hi. Is there a certain way to 'auto-magically' add line breaks when enter is pressed?

 

That way, you don't need to say something like..

 

This is a message.<br /><br />

Messages are fun!

 

Normally, if you type...

 

This is a message.

Messages are fun!

 

It would turn out like this.

 

This is a message. Messages are fun!

 

Thanks!

[chocopi]

Im not sure I understand what your on about

but i think you might want to check out nl2br

 

~ Chocopi

[Cless]

Lol. Like, when you're posting a new topic here. They made it so < br /> codes are added automatically when you press enter.

 

If you don't have that code, you need to type < br /> for a new line. :S

 

[chocopi]

im assuming you mean that you insert data into a table using a textarea, if that is the case then before you echo the data use nl2br

 

~ Chocopi

[Cless]

I see... how exactly would you do that? Like this?

 

echo nl2br($Message);

 

Thanks.

[wildteen88]

I see... how exactly would you do that? Like this?

 

echo nl2br($Message);

 

Thanks.

Yes that is correct.

 

However if you inserting text submitted from a form into a database don't use nl2br in that sense. Only use nl2br when you get the content out of the database. If you use nl2br when you insert text into a database you may find PHP will duplicate the newlines.

[Cless]

Ah. I see. Thanks. I'll go try it out.

 

Thanks! It worked! Woot!