Yes Mark, that's exactly what I wanted.

Thanks,
Richard

Mark Carruth wrote:

>Richard,
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>What you want is the:
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>	nl2br($string) : Convert New Lines (\n, \r) to <br>
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>Regards,
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>Mark Carruth
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard D. Williams [mailto:richard@a...] 
>Sent: 21 November 2002 17:39
>To: professional php
>Subject: [pro_php] textarea field problem
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>Hello to All,
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>I know I have done this before, but I can not locate the code. Maybe 
>someone can refresh my old memory.
>If a textarea has carriage returns in it, how can I display the data in 
>a table and still have the carriage returns?
>I have tried this;    $string2 = str_replace('\r\n','<br>,',$string1);, 
>but it did not work.
>Any suggestions?
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>Richard D. Williams
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