[FX.php List] Line breaks in text fields

[Kevin Futter]

On 11/7/06 2:28 AM, "Derrick Fogle" <derrick at fogles.net> wrote:

> I've been using the FM GetAsCSS() function with some success;
> creating a calculated field that equals getascss(sourcefield) and
> using that field for PHP output renders the line breaks, bold, italic
> and basic formatting pretty well.
> 
> Otherwise, you've got to use the str_replace(), with the search for
> Vertical Tab (ASCII 11) and replace with whatever in PHP.
> 

Here's a function I wrote to deal with this issue and produce valid code at
the same time:

// function to replace line breaks in FM output with <br /> or <p> elements
function formatDesc($input)
{
    $br = chr(10); // single line feed character (LF)
    $p = "<br />\n<br />\n";
    $badChars = array($p, "& ");
    $goodChars = array("</p>\n\t\t<p>", "&amp; ");
    $text = str_replace($br, "<br />\n", $input); // replace LF with <br />
    $description = str_replace($badChars, $goodChars, $text);
    echo "<p>" . $description . "</p>\n";
}

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Kevin Futter
Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/



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