ereg_replace

[Hilarion]

> $linked_comments = ereg_replace("\n","<br>",$linked_comments");

Try:

$linked_comments = str_replace("\r\n","\n",$linked_comments");
$linked_comments = str_replace("\n","<br>",$linked_comments");

If you do not use regular expression for replacement, than
use str_replace instead of ereg_replace, wchich requires
esapeing spesial chars (I believe than newline char is special
char in regexp).

Hilarion

[:::bc78:::]

I'm using a piece of code i have used before with success only this time it
doesn't seem to want to work, can anybody tell me where i've gone wrong with
the following:
-------CODE START-------
$linked_comments=$comments_myrow["comment"];
$linked_comments=stripslashes($linked_comments);
$linked_comments = emoticon($linked_comments);
$linked_comments = ereg_replace("\n","<br>",$linked_comments");
$comments_author=$comments_myrow["author"];
$comments_date=$comments_myrow["date_format(date, '%D %M %Y')"];
$comments_time=$comments_myrow["date_format(date, '%H:%i')"];
if ($SDK->is_supermod()) {
$moderate = '<strong>- <a
href="admin/comments_moderate.php?comment='.$ID.'&amp;storyID= '.$storyID.'">
Moderate this post</a></strong>'; }
?>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="justify" class='thin1'><?php echo("<strong><a
href='".$SDK->board_url."/index.php?showuser=".$comments_author."'>".$SDK->i
d2name($comments_author)."</a></strong><span class='edit'> -
$comments_date - ".$comments_time."gmt
".$moderate."</span><br>$linked_comments"); ?></div>
-------CODE END-------
What I want to happen is every newline to be replaced with a <br> tag but in
this instance it doesn't, the new lines are definately stored in the
database. Can anyone help please?

[eclipsboi]

All regular expressions need to be surrounded by slashes. For example:

$linked_comments = ereg_replace("/\n/", "<br>", $linked_comments);

But, as Hilarion pointed out, in your case, you don't need regexp

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:15:12 +0200, "Hilarion"
<hilarion@SPAM.op.SMIECI.pl> wrote:

>> $linked_comments = ereg_replace("\n","<br>",$linked_comments");

>
>Try:
>
>$linked_comments = str_replace("\r\n","\n",$linked_comments");
>$linked_comments = str_replace("\n","<br>",$linked_comments");
>
>If you do not use regular expression for replacement, than
>use str_replace instead of ereg_replace, wchich requires
>esapeing spesial chars (I believe than newline char is special
>char in regexp).
>
> Hilarion
>