<br> to carriage return?

[someonewhois]

Is there a way, so that when I edit my posts, it doesn't show all those <br />?

I use this:

    $new_post = addslashes(nl2br(htmlspecialchars($Post))); 

When I post the post, that's before the isnert, but what do I use to do the reverse?

Thanks,
~someonewhois

[Paul S]

is

$post = str_replace('<br />',"\n",$post); 

what you are looking for? (I'm asumming you are using <textarea> tags to show the post text)

[someonewhois]

Thank you very much, I'll try it!

[DR_LaRRY_PEpPeR]

this shouldn't be an issue because you shouldn't store the <br />'s in the database, just the original newlines. it's best to use nl2br() when you display the text.

[someonewhois]

I don't get it... what do yu mean?

[someonewhois]

Well, that <br /> to \n worked, so it's ok!

Thank you very much,
~someonewhois

[samsm]

I think he is suggesting leaving out nl2br() when you are making the post and instead use it when you display posts.

$new_post*=*addslashes(htmlspecialchars($Post));
echo (nl2br($new_post)); 

[someonewhois]

ah, I see!

I think my way is fine, I dont' really feel like changing it all...

Thanks everybody for helping,
~someonewhois

[redux]

if you save \n in your database, rather than the <br />, you'll be able to easily re-purpouse your database material for things other than web, such as print, XML, whatever...that's usually the rationale behind it. but yeh, if it works for you, than so be it.

[seanf]

You should always store the unedited version in your database unless you have a good reason not to

Sean