string replace before adding to MySQL

[mattwidge]

I'm trying to add a <textarea> to a MySQL database.

The <textarea> has multiple lines, so I want to replace \r\n with <p></p>

Here's the <textarea> formatting script:

$entry = $_POST['entry'];
$entry = "<p>".$entry."</p>";
$entry = str_replace("\r\n", "<p></p>", $entry); 

It returns, "**line 1**\r\n**another line**"