[SOLVED] Need Help Displaying Comments

[limitphp]

On my site, I want people to be able to leave comments.

I want the comments to show when they skip a line (hit enter), like this:

test

 

test2

 

But I also want to protect the comments from showing html. 

so if someone puts:

<b>test</b>

 

<b>test2</b>

 

it will skip the lines, but it will expose the html and not bold the text....

 

How would I do that?

Currently, I use:

$value = htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES);

to protect against html, but that takes away the ability to have their comments skip lines.

[landavia]

>>$value = htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES);

 

after above.. u add

<?php
$value = htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES)

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

?>

[limitphp]

I see....thank you.

 

Maybe a better question for me to ask is, is there a Best Practice used to display comments?

 

on edit: (not maybe, I know) there are other things that people use to display comments that I don't even know to think of?

[landavia]

well.. using txt is better but using DB is the best ^^

 

well.. i just reply someone else..

he/she use txt  :o coll isn't but to split i add

[br] and [eof]

[limitphp]

well.. using txt is better but using DB is the best ^^

 

well.. i just reply someone else..

he/she use txt  :o coll isn't but to split i add

[br] and [eof]

I don't understand what you just said...

What do you mean by txt, coll, and eof?

[landavia]

about comment u said above. where you want to put the comment? are u using DB (mysql) or just textfile (*.txt) ???