How do I put a line break in a product's Short Description

[nicolafw]

Hi,

this question has been posted two years ago concerning VM 1.1: http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=72519.0.

Is there an solution for VM 2?

I'm using:
Joomla 2.5
VM 2.0.6

I tried this without success:

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<p class="product_s_desc">
<?php $product_s_desc = str_replace( '.', '<br />', $product_s_desc ); ?></p>
<?php echo shopFunctionsF::limitStringByWord($product->product_s_desc, 300, '...') ?>
<?php } ?>

in components/com_Virtuemart/views/category/tmpl/default.php

[nicolafw]

Does anybody have any idea how to solve this? It cannot be very difficult, but I'm clueless with php.

[ivus]

Hi nicolafw,

Yeah a line break is a hidden character. To force the line to wrap use the following code.

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<p class="product_s_desc"><?php $product_s_desc = str_replace( "\n", '<br />', $product_s_desc ); ?></p>



Replace "\n" ... new line.

I hope this helps.

[nicolafw]

No, it did not help. Is in components/com_Virtuemart/views/category/tmpl/default.php the proper document?

[ivus]

whoops, should have been:

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<p class="product_s_desc"><?php $product_s_desc = str_replace( "\n", '<br />', $product->product_s_desc ); ?></p>



[nicolafw]

Thanks, but it still does not work. It is in line 249, isn't it?

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<?php // Product Short Description
if(!empty($product->product_s_desc)) { ?>
<p class="product_s_desc"><?php $product_s_desc = str_replace( "\n", '<br />', $product->product_s_desc ); ?></p>
<?php echo shopFunctionsF::limitStringByWord($product->product_s_desc, 300, '...') ?>
<?php } ?>



This is my site, maybe that helps: http://www.helden.ch/jupgrade/

[srseale]

Perhaps I misunderstand your question.  I looked at your reference to VM 1.1 and it describes the need to put a line break HTML tag in the short description of a product.  HTML tags are supported in the VM 2.0 Short Description field.  Just insert <br /> wherever you need it...

Hope this helps...

[ivus]

Hi nicolafw,

OK, so I can see you're not too proficient with PHP. If you want to use it in your current code, use the following:

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    <?php // Product Short Description
    if(!empty($product->product_s_desc)) { 
$product_s_desc = str_replace( "\n", '<br />', $product->product_s_desc );
     echo shopFunctionsF::limitStringByWord($product_s_desc, 300, '...');
    }
    ?>



I hope this helps.