> Hi,
>
> If I have a html textarea for inputting text into a database text field
> how can I keep the formatting of the entered text?
>
> i.e. on the html textarea if the user enters carriage returns i.e. a new
> paragraph I want that to go into the database then when I retrieve it and
> display it on a normal html page I want to keep those carriage returns!
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
Before injecting textarea data into a DB use this:
$_POST["textarea"] = str_replace("\n","<br>",$_POST["textarea"]);
When retrieving data from the DB for a textarea use this before displaying:
$_POST["textarea"] = str_replace("<br>","\n",$_POST["textarea"]);
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