[RESOLVED] Help removing <br /> from a text box

[bfulda]

Hey all,

When I use this code (below) all of the text is formated correctly:

echo '<br />Description: <br />';
echo nl2br(stripslashes($row['description']));
echo '</p><br />';

But when I want to put the text into a textbox with this:

echo '<br />Description: <br />';
echo nl2br('<textarea rows="15" cols="80" "12">');
echo nl2br(stripslashes($row['description']));
echo nl2br('</textarea>');
echo '</p><br />';

I get output that shows all of <br />'s like so:

There is no patch. The alert says there is no workaround at this time.<br />
<br />
Glenn <br />
<br />

Any ideas on how to overcome this?
Thanks!!
brad dot fulda at logsa dot army dot mil

[NightShift58]

Use str_replace("<br />", "", stripslashes($row['description'])).
echo '<br />Description: <br />';
echo '<textarea rows="15" cols="80" "12">';
echo str_replace("<br />", "", stripslashes($row['description']));
echo '</textarea>';
echo '</p><br />';

[chickenland]

nl2br replaces all newline characters with <br /> tags (or <br>) whereas I assume you already have the <br /> tag in your DB?

Use what NightShift58 recommends above, or Use str_replace("<br />", "\n", stripslashes($row['description'])) to put them back in.

[bfulda]

The the str_replace works great!! Thanks for the quick reply. I appreciate the help.

Brad

[NightShift58]

You're welcome!