How to fetch data as it is from MySql Database using PHP - php

Question

I am trying to fetch Data from MySQL Database using PHP script from Server. I am able to get Data from Database, but I am not getting the exact string present in Database. In the result obtained the spaces between words get trimmed and result does not match with String present in Database.
For Example:
The value inserted to Database is as shown Below:
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The result obtained from the Database query shows the data as:
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Can any one please let me know what changes should I make in my script to obtain data as it is shown in database from my query. I am using mysql_real_escape_String while inserting and I am using stripslashes while retrieving data from database.
Below is my PHP script:
Insert Script:
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "iFocusBlogs";
$obtainedName = urldecode($_POST['enteredName']);
$obtainedUserName = urldecode($_POST['enteredUserName']);
$obtainedsubjectText = urldecode($_POST['subjectText']);
$obtaineddetailsText = urldecode($_POST['detailsText']);
$status = urldecode($_POST['status']);
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
$obtainedsubjectText = $conn->real_escape_string($obtainedsubjectText);
$obtaineddetailsText = $conn->real_escape_string($obtaineddetailsText);
$sql = "INSERT INTO AndroidTable (Name, UserName, Subject, Details, Status)
VALUES ('$obtainedName', '$obtainedUserName', '$obtainedsubjectText', '$obtaineddetailsText', '$status')";
mysqli_commit($conn);
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
echo "Inserted Post sent to Moderator for Approval. Once approved from Moderator, Post will be displayed";
} else {
echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
}
$conn->close();
?>
fetch Script:
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "iFocusBlogs";
$obtainedUserName = 1;
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
$sql="SELECT Name, Subject FROM AndroidTable WHERE Status ='" .$obtainedUserName. "'";
$result=mysqli_query($conn,$sql);
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_row($result)) {
foreach($row as $rows){
for($i=0;$i<count($rows);$i++){
echo stripslashes($rows) . " ";
$n=$i;
}
}
echo "<br/>";
}
$conn->close();
?>
Please let me know what mistake am I doing in my script. All suggestions are welcome. If more information required please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can use nl2br, which will convert new line characters to <br>, so wherever you are echoing, you just need to call nl2br function, see example below:
echo nl2br(stripslashes($rows)) . " ";
EDIT:
To get spaces instead of <br>, you can simply replace new line character \n with space, or anything you would like to replace with, see example below:
echo str_replace("\n", " ", stripslashes($rows))
EDIT 2:
echo stripslashes(str_replace(array('\r\n', '\n'), "<br>", $rows));