Convert White Spaces?

str_replace() ?

[Willis]

Simple question really . . when it comes to using a form and specificly a "textarea", I wanna convert line returns to a "<br>" before it gets inserted into my database. Also be capable later switching it back. *Editing page - existing info fed into textarea*

I thought at first maybe a str_replace but. . *shrugs*

[coopster]

Is it necessary that you store the <br>eaks in the database? If not, store them as newlines and then use PHP's nl2br [php.net] function when you want to display the data.