c...@l-i-e.com wrote:
Rule #1.
Never, ever, ever, alter the user's input, EXCEPT for sanitizing/filtering.
Specifically, do NOT add <br /> tags in place of newlines.
Store the newlines.

Upon OUTPUT, you can use nl2br() to get <br /> tags.
Or str_replace if you want </p> instead.

This is crucial as a habit, down the road, when you later want to put their 
stuff out as non-HTML such as RSS or PDF or other output mechanisms.

Consider their input as sacrosanct (except for dangerous/evil input)
How do you suggest dealing with a need to allow italics, bold, underlines, etc?

I see forum web sites that allow the user to enter [b]bold text[/b] for example.

I would like to do this.

Anyone have a function to convert this kind of thing to HTML?

Stephen

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