Private Messaging {Messages}

Ok, so I am not sure how to complete this the way I would like it.

Basically creating a PM system. Got it all working properly, but
the thing that I want to figure out is..

Example:
-----------
If I type a message here

and hit return

then return again

See the spacing!?



I am presuming that it has to be done before the
insert of the db.

The field is set to longtext in the database.

So what would be the best way to accomplish this?

 

i think this is what you need

<textarea name="textfield" cols="30" rows="6" id="textfield"></textarea>

and when inserting it into the database try magic qouts and mysql_real_escape_string

 

When you pull the message from the database to display you can call nl2br():

<?
$formatted_text = nl2br($message['text']);
?>

Code (markup):

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php

Or you can wrap the output in a pre html tag.

<pre><?= $message_text; ?></pre>

Code (markup):

http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_pre.asp

 

You could also use a WYSIWYG ( What you see is what you get ) messagebox. Correct me if I'm wrong.