hello! for the newline we have the fuction nl2br() but what about BOLD text.. underline or italic ?! is there a way to convert that rich text in to HTML? bold into <b> bold </b>... ??
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Jump to PostFirstly, I'd use <strong> as opposed to <b>, <em> as opposed to <i>. I'd never use an underline as users may confuse this with a hyperlink.
How are you encoding bold type in your rich text? ARe you using [ B ][ / B ]? BBCode??
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Jump to PostSOrry I'm none the wiser. ARe you producing the rich text (e.g. by a wysiwyg editor) and then trying to store it in mysql DB? OR, are you using some mysql jiggery-pokery {"...mysql save it as a rich text"} to transform the string as it inserts/updates?
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Jump to PostYou're the one passing rich text. Where the hell is this rich text coming from??
If you're pasting raw rtf code:
"Help me please" would be
Help me \b please\b0
Parse with
$string = str_replace("\b0","</strong>",$string); $string = str_replace("\b","<strong>",$string);
in that order.
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