How to preserve simple HTML formatting to textbox input?

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I only want to maintain the paragraph structure of the users input into a textbox. When I retrieve the text from db, all structure is lost. What's easiest way to save text as recorded?

Skay · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-25 08:42:10Z

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use <pre></pre>

answered Feb 25, 2010 at 8:42

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Warty · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-25 06:00:21Z

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replace spaces " " with   You can't repeat multiple spaces " " in HTML, as they will be collapsed into one space.

Also, replace \n with <br />

Hope that helps!

edited Feb 25, 2010 at 6:00

answered Feb 25, 2010 at 5:46

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belugabob Over a year ago

Whilst this will work, it's a lot of hassle, compared to wrapping the text in a <pre></pre> element, as suggested by @Skay. You would need to consider tabs too, which is a whole new ball game.

Nasser Hadjloo · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-25 05:47:06Z

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If you want to store HTML text (rich text with BOLD , Italic and etc) you have to use an editor like CKEditor (http://www.ckeditor.com)

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belugabob Over a year ago

The question was not about entering HTML, it was about preserving and displaying the whitespace that is inherent in the text entered via a textbox (I'm presuming a <textarea> element)

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