creating a simple blog in PHP/SQL - having trouble ...

Hi, Im trying to create a simple blog using php/sql - everythings going ok, but i have one problem:

when i enter the text through a <textarea> any paragraphs or newlines dont show once entered into the database then retrieved and echoed onto a page, the text just shows as one block of text.

how can i make sure that any newlines entered into the <textarea> is showed on the blog?

hope this makes sense ....

thanks in advance

 

use nl2br() while either storing or retrieving.

 

thanks rohan, i will try that when i get in later