[RESOLVED] Textarea Help

I have a text area that contains this:

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12345
12345
12345

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When I submit my form, I simply echo the results onto the page, but it prints like this:

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12345 12345 12345

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How can I get it to print exactly as posted? With the new line? BTW, this is going to be public, so I don't want the users to have to use <br //>.

you can use a function like nl2br() to convert new line characters to line breaks in HTML. you could also make a function that formats your text, so that you might be able to add something similar to bbcode to your own website.

Thanks. Now I remember why I use this site! People are so helpful and not impolite in the least. Thanks a lot! Hopefully, I'll do something similar to bbcode at some point, but it's a bit project and I want to get the basics down first. Many thanks!