[SOLVED] how to hide <br /> tag in textarea?

[irkevin]

Hi all,

 

I have one question,

 

I have a textarea and i'm using php to insert the data in mysql.

 

I'm using  nl2br() to add linebreaks.

 

The problem is, when i output the tag in the textarea again, it shows up with the <br /> tag, how do i hide them?

 

I've tried this

 

while($myarray = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
	$title = $myarray['title'];
	$contents = $myarray['contents'];
                $contents = str_replace("<br />", "\n", $contents);
}

 

But with no luck. Can someone help me?

[elmas156]

Have you tried putting a forward slash in front of the quotation marks?

 

Like this:

 

$contents = str_replace(\"<br />\", "\n", $contents);

[JonnoTheDev]

Dont use the nl2br() function when placing the text back into the text area. Only use this function when displaying the text on the screen within the HTML. The text should remain formatted in the text area.

[irkevin]

I'm not using the nl2br() when outputting back

 

I tried your solution elmas156 , but with no luck

[JonnoTheDev]

Then you must be saving the text into the database using nl2br(). The BR tags do not need to be stored in the DB. Line breaks will be saved as \r\n in your DB automatically. Use the nl2br() function only when formatting inside HTML.

[irkevin]

i think i've figured it out

 

im just using

 

$contents = str_replace("<br />","",$contents);

 

and it seems to be working fine.

 

I'll make another test to see!