Problem with line in a textarea

[CodGuru]

I want to insert each line of the user <br/> when I get data in my table.

After researching the net, I came across the nl2br function to allow this.

The insertion of "<br/>" is made correctly but when I update my textarea, I find myself with several "<br/>" stuck in a row.

I tried nl2br (htmlentities ($var)) but nothing fits in my desk.

Inserting data into my table:

$ field_form1 = addslashes($_POST['field1']); 
$ field_form2 = addslashes($_POST['field2']); 
$ field_form3 = addslashes($_POST['field3']); 
$ field_form4 = addslashes($_POST['field4']); 
$ field_form1 = explode("\n",$field_form1); 
$ field_form2 = explode("\n",$field_form2); 
$ field_form3 = explode("\n",$field_form3); 
$ field_form4 = explode("\n",$field_form4); 
.... 

Displays data in the textarea :

echo '<textarea name="field'.$i.'" rows="10">'; 
$sql_textarea = mysql_query ("select id_description, text $i"."_description from description where theme_description = '$theme' and nb_parts_description = '$nb"); 
while ($data = mysql_fetch_array ($sql_textarea)) {
$content = nl2br ($data["text $i"."_description"]); 
echo htmlentities ($content); 
}
echo "</textarea>"; 

[Lemog]

The n12br should not be used with a textarea because textarea goes to the new line with the \n.

[Ashok.M]

Not that it is especially if it displays <br/> in a textarea, its sure it will not line breaks. nl2br returns a string where line breaks are replaced by <br/> tags that will not be interpreted in the textarea.

[CodGuru]

What do you recommend?

[Lemog]

Simply in the textarea do not use the nl2br, you leave as it is (in your table and let the /n). Only before displaying the content in your web page (but not in a textarea) you use nl2br.