Display an enter as a <br> (from the mysql database) 1

[lukelukeluke]

hi there!

I have build a little entry form and a display site with php / mysql.
I've found out that if you enter thing like this into the databse: <?php ?>, it wont be displayed because its going to be integrated as a script into the site.
Further i found out that you can use htmlentities() to display database content correctly.
But i still have a problem: An enter is not displayed as a <br>. what can i do to let an entry like this:

hello

world

be entered into the html code file as this:

hello<br>
<br>
world

to make it display correctly?
Thanks alot for your ideas!
best regards, luke

 

[jimoblak]

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php

This function is called when you output your data so that you do not clutter your database with <br> tags

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[lukelukeluke]

this helped me very much. Thanks alot!