[FX.php List] Line breaks in text fields

[Andy Gaunt]

Chris,

Wrap your field that is displayed with the PHP function echo
nl2br($value['your field here'][0]);

This will change new lines to breaks

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[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Chris Bisgard
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:23 PM
To: fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org
Subject: [FX.php List] Line breaks in text fields

Hello all,

I'm working with a FileMaker 8 database that has some text fields with
line breaks in them. That is, when doing the data entry in FileMaker
Pro, some of my users are hitting "Enter" a couple of times to create
paragraphs that are separated by a blank line. But when I do a query and
display those fields with FX.php, the line breaks disappear and the text
runs together where there should be a space. Is there a way to detect
and parse these line breaks as "<br>" tags so that they will display as
intended? Alternately, is there a different way I can I train my data
entry people to enter the text so as to achieve the same effect?

Thanks for any help...

Chris Bisgard
IT Specialist
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Portland, OR
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