Anything similar to PRE tags?

[Emzi]

Hey all!

I was wondering if there were any tags similar to PRE tags that let you specify a width and still keep the correct formatting?

I'm in the middle of creating a jobs site and the spaces that were created when posting a job weren't showing up when you viewed the job - so I applied a PRE tag to display the job with the correct spaces BUT obviously with long paragraphs it stretches accross the page and looks awful!

I can't apply a width to it which is annoying - so are there any tags similar that will keep the correct formatting? Or am I going to have to edit the PHP/MySQL stuff (ie. the cause of all my headaches!)

Thanks.

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[karinne]

As far as I know .... no ... there's isn't anything you can do there.

How are you entering this stuff in the DB? What is the type associated with that column? You can use longtext and it will keep the formatting.

[Emzi]

The type is set as TEXT but I can see in the database it keeps the correct spacing, it just isn't displaying it on the website.

[karinne]

Hmmm .... maybe you can do a preg_replace for \n to <br> !?

[Emzi]

I'm currently trying str_replace like that but it isn't working, so I'll try preg_replace

[Emzi]

Hmm, it didn't like preg - not sure if I'm doing it right though (complete beginner at this stuff hehe)

[Emzi]

Ohh I got the str_replace to work

Thanks for you help

[karinne]

Alright! Well done!

[c010depunkk]

nl2br

[Rob]

correct me if I am wrong, but isnt there a way via css to set a width and height on a pre tag?

[Rob]

.... or maybe use a div set at the right width and a pre inside that.

Or heck, just use a div and set white-space: pre; (is that right syntax?)

[Emzi]

Originally Posted by Rob

correct me if I am wrong, but isnt there a way via css to set a width and height on a pre tag?

I tried that and it didn't work

[karinne]

Originally Posted by Rob

correct me if I am wrong, but isnt there a way via css to set a width and height on a pre tag?

Nope

[karinne]

Originally Posted by c010depunkk

nl2br

Yeah ... that function would probably be better ...

[Emzi]

Originally Posted by Rob

.... or maybe use a div set at the right width and a pre inside that.

Or heck, just use a div and set white-space: pre; (is that right syntax?)

Well the pre was already defined in a set width div anyway, so I knew that wouldn't work.

Hmm... never used the white-space: pre before so not sure if it would've worked - but hey, it's one to remember for future reference