[FX.php List] Line breaks in text fields

[Chris Bisgard]

Thanks to Andy, Derick and Kevin -- these are all very helpful
solutions. Being relatively new to both PHP and FM8, I'm learning as I
go. 

I'm now using the PHP 'nl2br' function (which I hadn't known about) as a
quick fix, and it's working quite well for my current project. However,
I'm very interested in checking out the other ideas for future
applications, particularly Kevin's nifty 'str_replace' function. 

Thanks again!

Chris

 
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> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:24:35 -0400
> From: "Andy Gaunt" <andy at fmpug.com>
> Subject: RE: [FX.php List] Line breaks in text fields
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> 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
> 
> Andy Gaunt
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> Chris Bisgard
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:23 PM
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> 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