I am protecting my string using this code to insert it into the database:
function protect($string){
$string = mysql_real_escape_string($string);
return $string;
}
I then unprotect it using this code so that I can echo it out from the database:
function echoprotect($string){
$string = nl2br($string);
$string = stripslashes($string);
return $string;
}
The nl2br doesn't seem to work and I don't know why. The output I get is:
HellornrnThe content ect...
instead of:
hello
the content ect...
From the mysql_real_escape_string manual:
So
nl2br()
is ignoring the escaped \n's and \r's, methinks.