non <br> break to <br> break?? 1

[ThomasJSmart]

How do i convert a database field with a block of text with lotsa linebreaks to a block of text with html <br> style line breaks?

i was dabbeling with str_replace a bit but i couldnt figure out what character makes a linebreak in a regular chunk of text?

thanks,
Thomas

 

[hisham]

check out

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

 

[danielhozac]

The [tt]nl2br()[/tt] function does what you want. For more info, see

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

//Daniel

 

[ThomasJSmart]

indeed it does thank you,
again the wise saying &quot;read the bluddy manual&quot; is the case, silly me

-thomas