[SOLVED] textarea and div

[ricmetal]

so, the text inside a textarea keeps it's linebreaks from appearing in the db, and in the textarea once brought into it, from the db.

 

the div however, contentEditable, shows its <br>'s and they are stored in the db, and appear in the html when brought in from the db

 

mind you that they are not rendered into the html, they appear as text, but this doesnt happen with the textarea, which keeps its <br>'s hidden

 

how do i make the div imitate this hide effect that the textarea does to hide the <br> from showing, but maintaining line breaks?

 

i red somethign about wrapping the div with pre but i was wondering if there's a fixed solution (that is comonly used) to do what im after.

[fabrydesign]

Are you using htmlspecialchars or a similar function before storing it?

 

If I'm understanding you correctly, what you'll want to do is store the raw textarea value in the database, then use nl2br() on it on the page to show the new lines (as entered in the textarea).

[ricmetal]

just using mysql_real_escape_string before storing

 

fabry

the text from the textarea is displayed correctly. it goes raw to the db and comes out with the line breaks (i use nl2br btw), appearing correctly in the textarea, and html (either way i choose to see it)

 

what i need is for the div to act the same way

 

i am using htmlspecialchars when bringing the data from the db

 

[wildteen88]

Make sure you call htmlspecialchars before you call nl2br. If you call nl2br first followed by htmlspecialchars the break tags will be displayed.

[ricmetal]

yeah, i am calling before

and the br was displayed anyway

so, idk

but anyway

its fixed now

 

replaced br with \r