Untested, but this is the general idea. The first array holds the patterns
to be searched for (. and ,) while the second holds the replacement values
(<br /> and '  '). I didn't check this for syntax or performance, but you
should be able to use it as a base to start from.

<?php
$text = "Testing. This is a test, isn't it?";

$text = preg_replace (
 array ("/\./", "/,/"),
 array ("<br />", "  "),
 $text
);

echo $text;
?>

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Goode" <tgoode(at)earthlink.net>
To: "HWG Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 10:57 AM
Subject: suggestions please


I really dont know php that well (that's out of the way)
Ok i am building a web page for a buddy who is a teacher, he wishes to
include from time to time some text , i.e. "thoughts.txt".
He is quite good at getting carried away some times and carries on and on.
What i need help with is how can i have php read in the text file , find
the "."(period) at the end of a sentence and change it into a "line
brake " and change a "," (comma) in to a double space ?
Thanks
-- 
Terry G.
mailto:tgoode(at)earthlink.net

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