PHP/Mysql Help Needed

[Camron]

Hello,

I currently am using a WYSIWYG to turn:

blah

blah

into

blah<br><br>blah

It then saves to a mysql. Then when I try to grab the data it just shows up on the webpage as

blah<br><br>blah

Instead of

blah

blah

Any suggestions? I know there is htmlspecialchars_ decode but that is for php5 and I am using php4.

Thanks.

 

[chicker]

On your WYSIWYG text editer do you have a codeing tab? if so add the <br><br> in their otherwise a quick way to do it with out knowing the code is just open it up in notepad and insert the <br><br> bit.

 

[Eric]

PHP_Compat is your friend. Although - html_entity_decode (PHP >= 4.3.0) will work.

 

[mch]

I hope the help from SecondVersion worked out. I have a recommendation though. I think it's better to store the text in the way it was entered, and change the newlines to <br>'s just before it gets displayed. It's more universal.

PS: make sure you use <br /> instead of <br>

 

[Camron]

Thanks SV I will give that a try. mch, I am using openWYSIWYG and it was made to post <br> and not <br />, however I do know <br /> is better for echo statements, but I an just trying to make a variable be put onto a page from a mysql column (eg: $user["content"], shows table blog, column content).

Thanks.