PHP/MySQL field recognize carriage returns?

I'm a novice PHP/MySQL database driven site builder. I need
to have users enter text into a field with carriage returns and
have the database recognize and store those carriage returns so it
displays when the data is displayed on a PHP page.
How do I do this and please keep it simple?
Do I need to use a particular type of MySQL datafield?
Will I be able to use the same code on an "update"
page?

quote:
Originally posted by:
geschenk
>>
so it displays when the data is displayed on a PHP page
>>
if you just need to replace the \n - type line breaks
generated by multiline textareas with <br /> on a page, just
use PHP´s native "nl2br"
(new line to break) function:
<?php echo nl2br($row_queryname['field_name']); ?>
That works... sort of...
When I use the update page to modify the entry it puts the
proper "br" code in it's proper place. However when I return to
that page to edit the text again (as my customer likely will), it
displays the "br" code in the text field, and if I submit the
update with the "br" code in place, it duplicates the "br" code
again, so I get double "br" statements. How do I get the update
field to read the "br" code back as carriage returns?
In addition, my insert page uses the following code to write
the original entry, and I'm not sure where to place the "nl2br"
statement in the following query (generated by WebAsssist DW
extensions):
<?php
// WA Application Builder Insert
if (isset($_POST["Insert_x"])) // Trigger
$WA_connection = $nm_connect;
$WA_table = "tb_news";
$WA_sessionName = "WADA_Insert_tb_news";
$WA_redirectURL = "tb_news_Results.php";
$WA_keepQueryString = false;
$WA_indexField = "id";
$WA_fieldNamesStr =
"sort|s_head|s_text|head|subhead|bodytext|photoid|photocaption|name|phone|email|linktitle |linkaddress|show_pfm|show_arch|show_cab";
$WA_fieldValuesStr =
"".((isset($_POST["sort"]))?$_POST["sort"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["s_head"]))?$_POST["s_head"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["s_text"]))?$_POST["s_text"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["head"]))?$_POST["head"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["subhead"]))?$_POST["subhead"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["bodytext"]))?$_POST["bodytext"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["photoid"]))?$_POST["photoid"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["photocaption"]))?$_POST["photocaption"]:"") .""
. "|" . "".((isset($_POST["name"]))?$_POST["name"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["phone"]))?$_POST["phone"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["email"]))?$_POST["email"]:"") ."" . "|" .
"".((isset($_POST["linktitle"]))?$_POST["linktitle"]:"") ."" . "|"
. "".((isset($_POST["linkaddress"]))?$_POST["linkaddress"]:"") .""
. "|" . "".((isset($_POST["show_pfm"]))?$_POST["show_pfm"]:"") .""
. "|" . "".((isset($_POST["show_arch"]))?$_POST["show_arch"]:"")
."" . "|" . "".((isset($_POST["show_cab"]))?$_POST["show_cab"]:"")
$WA_columnTypesStr =
"none,none,NULL|',none,''|',none,''|',none,''|',none,''|',none,''|',none,''|',none,''|',n one,''|',none,''|',none,''|',none,''|',none,''|none,none,NULL|none,none,NULL|none,none,NUL L";
$WA_fieldNames = explode("|", $WA_fieldNamesStr);
$WA_fieldValues = explode("|", $WA_fieldValuesStr);
$WA_columns = explode("|", $WA_columnTypesStr);
$WA_connectionDB = $database_nm_connect;
mysql_select_db($WA_connectionDB, $WA_connection);
if (!session_id()) session_start();
$insertParamsObj =
WA_AB_generateInsertParams($WA_fieldNames, $WA_columns,
$WA_fieldValues, -1);
$WA_Sql = "INSERT INTO " . $WA_table . " (" .
$insertParamsObj->WA_tableValues . ") VALUES (" .
$insertParamsObj->WA_dbValues . ")";
$MM_editCmd = mysql_query($WA_Sql, $WA_connection) or
die(mysql_error());
$_SESSION[$WA_sessionName] = mysql_insert_id();
if ($WA_redirectURL != "") {
if ($WA_keepQueryString && $WA_redirectURL != ""
&& isset($_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]) &&
$_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] !== "" && sizeof($_POST) > 0) {
$WA_redirectURL .= ((strpos($WA_redirectURL, '?') ===
false)?"?":"&").$_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"];
header("Location: ".$WA_redirectURL);
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