Question

My question is related with a previous post,

Ckeditor shows extra space at the beginning and end of the p tags

I have already a huge number of entries in my database, which has the same next line problem.
Now I could fix the issue in the CK editor. But the affected former entries are still there. The issue has came when I tried to parse the content using JSON. Next line causes some problems there.
My Options are :
1. update the whole DB entries.
2. Handle with code where ever it is printing.

Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Since your database seems to be huge, I would follow this approach:

1. Fix it in the client code when it is going to be printed.
2. When you get that right, change the code so it also updates the database.
3. When you get that right, use that code to update the whole database by chunks (using crons or some other kind of scheduled tasks*).
4. Wait.
5. ???
6. Profit.

*: Or just dedicate some server time per request to do that. Or do it online, it is a good excuse for slacking.

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Ah, yes, the habitual recommendations. Develop using a copy and make back ups. C’mon you know that stuff.