Pesky line breaks won't be removed

nate2099 · January 14th, 2009, 06:55 PM

Hi - I'm using this code to try and remove line breaks from a string of text:

Code:


$event_description = htmlentities($event_description);
$event_description = nl2br($event_description);
$event_description = str_replace("\r\n"," ",$event_description);
$event_description = str_replace("\n"," ",$event_description);
$event_description = str_replace("\r"," ",$event_description);
$event_description = str_replace("<br />"," ",$event_description);
$event_description = str_replace(chr(13)," ",$event_description);
$event_description = str_replace(chr(10)," ",$event_description);

but they wont disappear. If I view source (notepad) they are removed, but the browser still shows them.

In case it will help here is the text as cut and pasted from the browser:

Code:

dgfhdgh gfhfghdh dghdfgfh dghfhdgh dhdfh dfghdfgh dggdh

and again without the code tags

dgfhdgh gfhfghdh dghdfgfh dghfhdgh dhdfh dfghdfgh dggdh

from the page: http://www.freelance-crew.com/events.php?action=browse