Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/26/05 15:56

manish wrote:
> "thehuby" <rick.huby@e-connected.com> wrote in message news:<1116575927.241312.25240@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>...
>
>>You could also try using myStr = nl2br(myStr) - this is PHP's built in
>>function for doing what you are describing.
>
>
> I am using the textarea to enter the data from the form into the
> database. In the textarea, the data was entered as (new line and
> spaces)
>
> Welcome
> My web site
>
> Hello everyone,
> In this site you will find some php code.
>
>
> The data was saved in the database field exactly the same.
>
> Now in the edit form, the data was again displayed exactly the same in
> the textarea exactly the same. But when the data was echoed in the php
> code, the data was displyed without the spaces that was inserted. The
> variabled that was echoed in both textare (at edit time) and at
> displaying come from the database.
>
>
> Welcome
> My web site
>
> Hello everyone,
> In this site you will find some php code.
>
> Now can anyone help with the problem, so that spaces are also
> displayed.

They're there - look at your source. The HTML parser will remove out
extra white space.

You can surround the output with <pare></pre> or convert the extra
spaces to &nbsp;

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