Personal Message system

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Hey, I am trying to create a Personal Message system for my website. Creating it is no issue, But I am trying to add the feature so when you view the Message and go to reply to adds a "----------Original Message---------" To indicate the different Messages between teh two users.

 

This is the code I am using to add the break to the $msg which is then submitted to the Database

	$msg=$_POST['msg'];
		$msg="<br><br>---Original Message---<br>".$msg;

 

And this is the code I am using to Convert the string from the Database and it being displayed into a <textarea>

			$select_mail = mysql_query("select * from mailbox where id='$id'");
	$b = mysql_fetch_array($select_mail);
	$h = $b['msg'];
	$h = str_replace("<br>", "\n", $h);

 

It Displays It within HTML Fine, But it Displays Nothing when I try and put it into the <Textarea> for the user to reply with.

 

Any Help would be Great, Sorry if it is a Bit Confusing =(

 

 

[merylvingien]

If you want the original message to appear withing the text box that you write the reply, try this:

 

<textarea  name=\"?\" rows=? cols=?>$msg</textarea>

 

Obviously fill in the question marks.

 

However, it would probably be better to show the original message above the reply text box, maybe just put a border around it and different background colour to highlight it.

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If you want the original message to appear withing the text box that you write the reply, try this:

 

<textarea  name=\"?\" rows=? cols=?>$msg</textarea>

 

Obviously fill in the question marks.

 

However, it would probably be better to show the original message above the reply text box, maybe just put a border around it and different background colour to highlight it.

 

Okay, That does display the text within the box, But I want it to have Line Breaks, which only display as /n but i want them to be an acctual newline.

[scampbell]

You would probably be better off using nl2br to display the PMs, rather than manually adding in <br> markup. That way line breaks will be preserved.

[merylvingien]

Yes, as scampbell has indicated.

 

$msg = nl2br($msg);

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Okay, Thanks.

 

I Managed to get it working =D...for now   Thanks Heaps Guys