[FX.php List] Displaying FM text block with formatting

[Steve Winter]

Howdy Bob

That's the way I do it, with both FX and the API… I also have a php function which cleans up the hideous HTML which is generated by getAsCSS and tries to turn it back into something a little more valid…!

Cheers
Steve



> I figured out how to do it: I created a 2nd field that is a calc field:
> 
> field1 -- my original field with formatted text in it
> field2 -- a calc field, = getasCSS ( field1 )
> 
> Then, in PHP, I use
> 
> echo html_entity_decode ( $field2 );
> 
> and I see my properly formatted text.
> 
> I'd be interested in hearing if there is a simpler way to do the same thing, without having to use a 2nd field.
> 
> Thanks for any input,
> 
> Bob Patin
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> On Jun 4, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
> 
>> I've never used this before, but I vaguely recall that FX.php has the ability to display text as it was formatted in FileMaker. Am I remembering this correctly, and if so, what's the command to do that?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Bob Patin
>> Longterm Solutions LLC
>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>> 615-333-6858
>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
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Steve Winter
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