Posted by J.O. Aho on 07/09/05 16:01

Margaret wrote:
> I am sorry if this is OT and please tell me to go away if it is.
>
> I have a PHP script written by my Nephew (now in the USA working in a
> summer camp so unavailable) which gets information from a database. I
> can add all the stuff I need to the database and in the "longtext" field
> can add html tags and so on and all works fine. But when I try to get a
> table into it I works OK but a heap of <br> are added in before the
> table shows meaning that I have to scroll right down the page to be able
> to see anything.
>
> I've pasted the table into the database at the bottom of the page it
> should be in.
>
> http://www.hampsteadparishchurch.org.uk/
> to see the whole effect please click on "Parish Magazine", July - Summer
> Fair. and scroll down.
>
> I can't see what might be putting all the <br>'s in - it doesn't do it
> on anything except tables.

As I don't know how you have inserted the data into the database, I can't say
what has caused the <br /> to be added, and if you will only use one short
line per cell, there aren't any real point in using <p></p> either, but
together they make the big space between the "cells". The <br /> is already
part of the original list and there it make sense to use it as you don't want
everything in a long line.

Check the php script that is used to display the data and see if it adds the
<br /> and remove it from it and it should display your table in a more proper
way. You can have your eyes open for nl2br() function, which is used to add
<br> to places where there are a line break.


//Aho

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