PHP/MySQL: String problem

[bikoy83]

Hello,

I have tried to retrieve a value of the database and used it on the Meta Description of my site. My problem here is that the string appears to break lines.

Example:
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<meta description="the quick brown

fox jumped

over the lazy dog">
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And I want it to appear this way:

<meta description="the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog">

Is there a function that can solve this?

Thanks and hope to hear from someone soon! :-)

[bikoy83]

sorry for the typos, that would be:

Example:
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<meta name="description" content="the quick brown

fox jumped

over the lazy dog">
-----------------------------------------

And I want it to appear this way:

<meta name="description" content="the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog">

[roldar]

You might give the following a try:

/*From the database you get your meta description text*/
$metatext=$thisrecord['meta_description'];

$metatext=htmlspecialchars(str_replace("\n", "", str_replace("\r", "", $metatext)));

/*The htmlspecialchars is primarily there to change quotes to char entities so they won't prematurely close the meta tag. The two str_replace() functions get rid of the returns/newlines*/

<meta name="description" content="<?php echo $metatext;?>">

[bikoy83]

thanks a lot! just what i needed! :-)