Outputting two paragraphs?

[Mr Chris]

Hi Guys,

 

Say In mysql database I have a field named details which holds all the paragraphs of a story:

 

and these details are not held in the database as html, but there is a line gap inbetween the paragraph breaks.

 

How can I output the first two paragraphs of this text, while also making the first paragraph outputted bold?

 

Thank You

 

Chris

[wildteen88]

example:

<?php

// example data
$details = 'Paragraph1, paragraph1 paragraph1.

Paragraph2, paragraph2 paragraph2.';

// standardise new lines
$details = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n"), "\n", $details);

// seperate paragraphs
// $para1 <- paragraph1
// $para2 <- paragraph2
list($para1, $para2) = explode("\n\n", $details);

// display formated paragraphs
echo '<p><b>' . $para1 . '</b></p><p>' . $para2 . '</p>';

?>

[Mr Chris]

thanks!