Convert textbox field to bulleted list

3 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: June 1, 2010   (RSS)

By zip222 - June 1, 2010

I am using a regular textbox field in the cms for entering a list of people. But I am looking for a way to convert this straight list to a bulleted list on the public page.

Currently it outputs like this:
Name<br />
Name<br />
Name<br />
Name<br />

But I want it to output like this:
<li>Name</li>
<li>Name</li>
<li>Name</li>
<li>Name</li>

Is there a way to do this with php?

Re: [zip222] Convert textbox field to bulleted list

By Jason - June 1, 2010

Hi,

Yes, you can do this with PHP. First, you have to turn your content into an array like this:
$list = explode("<br/>",trim($content,"<br/>"));
Just replace $content with your content from the database. After that, you just need to use a foreach loop to output your list.

<ul>
<?php foreach($list as $item): ?>
<li><?php echo $item ?></li>
<?php endforeach ?>
</ul>

Give that a try.

Hope this helps.
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