[FX.php List] Displaying text as entered in FileMaker field

[Bob Patin]

Thanks Marisa, that's the one I had used before; I couldn't remember  
it to save my life...

This time I'll keep the email!

Bob


On Mar 19, 2006, at 6:04 PM, Marisa Smith wrote:

> You can also use
>
> echo nl2br($variablename);
>
> I don't think one really is any better than the other, but this one  
> is slightly shorter.
>
> Marisa
>
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> On Mar 19, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Andy Gaunt wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> Try using str_replace to replace the line breaks with <br />  
>> characters.
>>
>> echo str_replace("\n","<br>",$variablename);
>>
>>
>> Andy Gaunt
>> T: 407.810.4722
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>>
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>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
>> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
>> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 3:26 PM
>> To: FX.php Discussion List
>> Subject: [FX.php List] Displaying text as entered in FileMaker field
>>
>> I'm trying to display articles from a converted FM 6 file; I know
>> that I read an answer to this question before. Without diving into
>> Smarty, which I've seen suggested here, isn't there a way to tell my
>> PHP page to display the text with the proper carriage returns, etc.?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob Patin
>> Longterm Solutions
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