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Rob
Rob

Reputation: 6380

Display text from text area over several lines

I have this bit of code:

<?php $fields = get_acf(); echo $fields->event_address; ?>

This outputs an address from a text area box in Wordpress. In that box I've written the address like this:

Address line 1,

Address line 2,

Address line 3

With the variable at the top it outputs all the info on one line (it doesn't recognise the address is over 3 lines), is it possible to do something clever to get it to display over 3 lines.

I know I could quite easily add more fields to Wordpress to show the 3 lines but I'd like something a bit more neat than that!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 316

Answers (2)

acme
acme

Reputation: 14856

You could try solving this with pure css:

p {
    white-space:pre;
}

The paragraph behaves like the <pre> tag afterwards, breaking visually at line-breaks.

Upvotes: 1

martynthewolf
martynthewolf

Reputation: 1708

I think you may need nl2br()

Use it like so echo nl2br($fields->event_address);

In your text box if you just remove the lines between the addresses so they look like so

Address
Address
Address

That should do it...

Upvotes: 0

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