Line breaks in a text area box

[adammc]

Hi,
I am building a script for a recipe site and I need my form to automatically add a <br> when a line is skipped. Im not sure how to do it :(

add.php

<?
 # this is processed when the form is submitted
 # back on to this page (POST METHOD)
 if ($REQUEST_METHOD=="POST") {
  # setup SQL statement
  $SQL = " INSERT INTO Recipes ";
  $SQL = $SQL . " (name, publisher, category, summary, ingredients, method) VALUES ";
  $SQL = $SQL . " ('$name', '$publisher','$category','$summary','$ingredients','$method') ";
  #execute SQL statement
  $result = mysql_db_query($db,"$SQL",$cid);
  # check for error
  if (!$result) { echo("ERROR: " . mysql_error() . "\n$SQL\n"); }
  echo ("<P><B>Your Entry Has Been Added</B></P>\n");
 }
?>
<FORM NAME="fa" ACTION="add.php" METHOD="POST">
<TABLE>
<TR><TD><B>Recipe Name: </B> </TD><TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="name" SIZE=40></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><B>Publisher:</B> </TD><TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="publisher" SIZE=40></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><B>Category:</B> </TD><TD><SELECT name="category" class="textbox"> 
<OPTION value="BBQ">BBQ</OPTION>
<OPTION value="Desserts">Desserts</OPTION>
<OPTION value="Salads">Salads</OPTION>
</SELECT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><B>Summary: </B> </TD><TD> <TEXTAREA NAME="summary" ROWS=3 COLS=40></TEXTAREA></TD></TR>
<TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><B>Ingredients: </B> </TD><TD> <TEXTAREA NAME="ingredients" ROWS=5 COLS=40></TEXTAREA></TD></TR>
<TR><TD VALIGN=TOP><B>Method: </B> </TD><TD> <TEXTAREA NAME="method" ROWS=5 COLS=40></TEXTAREA></TD></TR>
<TR><TH COLSPAN=2><P><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Add"></P></TH></TR>
</TABLE>
</FORM>

view.php

<?php 
echo "Recipe Name: ".$myrow["name"]; 
echo "<br>Publisher: ".$myrow["publisher"]; 
echo "<br>Category: ".$myrow["category"]; 
echo "<br>Summary: ".$myrow["summary"]; 
echo "<br><br>Ingredients: ".$myrow["ingredients"]; 
echo "<br><br>Method: ".$myrow["method"];
?> 

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated ;)

[yowza]

I think you're looking for -- nl2br

[us2.php.net...]

[adammc]

So How would i implimit the echo nl2br into my view code above?

The way i am echoing my code is a little dirrent than shown on the site you mentioned.

[dreamcatcher]

Directly after this:

if ($REQUEST_METHOD=="POST") {

add this:

$method = nl2br($method);

:)

[kumarsena]

wow, i didnt that one existed,

any other functions thta exisis that deal with html formatting..? could come in handy.

kumar

[coopster]

Some helpful links (and you'll find even more links on these pages!):

PHP and HTML [php.net]
htmlentities() [php.net]
htmlspecialchars() [php.net]
HTTP Functions [php.net]
Features [php.net]

[adammc]

Whoo Hoo! It works :)

Thank you so much guys!